PDC Coordinator - Pastoral Support

The Methodist Church in Britain; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is seeking a Coordinating professional to run the Personal Development Centre at Outwood Academy Ormesby. The role involves planning and delivering guided teaching, adjusting student timetables and supporting reintegration into mainstream lessons through mentoring and visits.

Experience in a school setting is required; SEMH experience is desirable. The post is term-time with 15 additional days.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of issues affecting young people and how to offer supportive help.
• Experience working in a school environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and manage deadlines under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Personal Development Centre, planning, organising and delivering opportunities on positive discipline, aspirations and SEMH needs.
• Deliver guided teaching within the Personal Development Centre.
• Monitor and adapt student timetables.
• Work with the Inclusion Team to implement intervention strategies.
• Run one-to-one or small-group sessions.
• Monitor the impact of the provision.
• Carry out lesson visits for students reintegrating into lessons.
• Provide academic mentoring for students reintegrating into lessons.

Skills

Knowledge of SEMH issues

Effective communication

Time management

Working under pressure

Relating to students

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This coordinator post runs the Personal Development Centre at Outwood Academy Ormesby, a provision for students at risk of suspension, within Outwood Grange Academies Trust. The work centres on planning and delivering guided teaching, adjusting student timetables, and running one-to-one or small-group sessions alongside the Inclusion Team. Students are supported back into mainstream lessons through lesson visits and academic mentoring, and the post is term-time with 15 additional days. Prior school experience is required, with SEMH experience desirable.

What the job involves

• Manage the Personal Development Centre, planning, organising and delivering opportunities on positive discipline, aspirations and SEMH needs
• Deliver guided teaching within the Personal Development Centre
• Monitor and adapt student timetables
• Work with the Inclusion Team to implement intervention strategies
• Run one-to-one or small-group sessions
• Monitor the impact of the provision
• Carry out lesson visits for students reintegrating into lessons
• Provide academic mentoring for students reintegrating into lessons

What’s required

Experience

• Experience working in a school environment

Skills & knowledge

• Significant knowledge of issues affecting young people and how to offer supportive help
• Effective communication
• Proficient use of standard ICT packages, including Microsoft Office
• Managing competing deadlines
• Working well under pressure
• Relating sympathetically to students

Other

• Identifying potential safeguarding issues

Nice to have

• Experience working with students who have social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs