Join Oak Grove College as a Pastoral Officer
Closing Date Monday 9th December
Contract:32.5 hours per week; Term time only + inset days (39 weeks per year); Permanent
Pay Scale:Grade 7; Points 14-19; £14.84 per hour;
Hours: 8.30am – 3.30pm, Monday to Friday
Start Date: ASAP
We are currently recruiting for an additional Pastoral Officer. Our Pastoral Officers form an important part of our staff team, supporting students and colleagues to give the highest quality holistic support to our young people.
We are looking for individuals with some of the following skills, knowledge and/or experience:
· able to establish effective relationships with parents/carers, students and outside agencies
· experienced in supporting students to access learning, and producing behaviour and intervention plans
· experienced in supporting people with mental health issues
· experienced in supporting people with social and emotional barriers to learning
· able to engage and motivate young people
· ability to supervise young people to ensure their safety and positive behaviour
· flexibility to work across both sites
· excellent organisational skills
· to be part of the Duty Team rota
· to support students in using IT/social media effectively and be the key colleague to lead on this
· able to use initiative and work effectively in a team
Job Description
Job Title: Pastoral Officer
Responsible to: Lead Pastoral Officer
Purpose of the Role
To work with other staff as part of a professional team to provide the highest quality holistic support to our students who need help to overcome barriers to learning. Students may have a range of moderate, severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties and/or behaviour, social, communication, sensory or physical difficulties. Providing timely support and advice to colleagues is also a key operational part of the role.
The post holder will provide support to the College in a range of duties. This is an outline of the job role which includes but is not limited to:
To uphold college policies and procedures and keep safeguarding of students at the centre of all you do.
Take a part in the Duty Team rota
To accurately record duty incidents on CPOMS and follow through with them in conjunction with other staff
To use CPOMS (and other MIS software) highly effectively
To be able to identify patterns, review behaviour records, identify trends and suggest ideas to support individuals as part of the Pastoral Tea
To uphold the values of the PRICE approach to behaviour management (training provided)
Develop positive relationships with parents/families to ensure highly effective engagement and communication with the College
To support attendance processes as appropriate, which could include recording attendance, lateness and calling home.
Ensure students are recognised and rewarded for success.
Take part in lunchtime duties to ensure the safe operation of the college.
Support students requiring additional temporary support in class to access learning and produce behaviour plans and intervention plans to support students.
To lead on individual and small group intervention in relation to developing social and emotional skills
To attend meetings with external agencies and represent the college sharing information where appropriate.
To follow through and check on student and staff welfare after behaviour incidents.
To supervise students’ arrival and departure to and from College to ensure safe transitions
To offer support and training to staff.
To lead post incident reflection meetings with staff teams/colleagues to reflect on how we are supporting students
To be able to reflect on own practice and undertake any
To be a Mental Health First Aider for students.
To support students with the safe and effective use of social media and IT
Any other reasonable direction from the Headteacher.
The content and reporting lines may, in consultation with the employee, be reviewed because duties change over time, and the job description needs to reflect these changes.
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