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Pastoral Manager

Reference: SEP20214155
Expiry date: 2021-09-29 09:00:00.000
Location: Nottinghamshire
Salary: £22,183 Pro Rata
Benefits: Pension, Healthcare and CPD
Attachments: PastoralManager-September2021.pdf
PastoralManager-September2021_JP.pdf

Job Description – Pastoral Manager 

Reports to: Student Welfare & Safeguarding Lead

The Garibaldi School Student Services steam provide a wide ranging level of support for all students.  The team instils the high expectations we have of all students with regard to behaviour and attendance.  They develop strong professional working relationships with students and their families through positive engagement.  They recognise that for students to be most successful, they must have excellent attendance, they must demonstrate exemplary behaviour and must adopt a very positive attitude to learning.  The team help set and uphold the standards we set for all students at all times whether it be full compliance with uniform or how they respect themselves, their peers and the wider school community.  A number of staff within Student Services are Designated Safeguarding Leads.  They lead on safeguarding across the school managing disclosures and where appropriate working with other agencies.

A successful candidate would be joining a highly experienced and effective team. 

Develop, implement and deliver programmes and strategies for improving individual student behaviour by:

  • Supporting students at risk and underachieving due to social, emotional and behavioural needs
  • Supporting mentors and other school staff on pastoral and welfare issues of students
  • Liaising with parents and outside agencies over welfare issues and when necessary supporting individual students with referrals to outside agencies
  • Act as one of School’s Designated Persons for Child Protection
  • Liaise with AHT regarding child protection issues, reviews, case conferences and reports
  • Hold meetings with teaching staff to implement intervention strategies for individual students
  • On call management of incidents around the school site as required
  • To be part of the Student Services team with particular responsibility for students in identified years
  • Implement and monitor the Behaviour Policy
  • Be responsible for ensuring that all students adhere to the School Uniform policy
  • Lead re-admission meetings for students after referral to Altex Centre or fixed term exclusions
  • To liaise with alternative provision providers
  • To use monitoring / ATL information proactively to support and intervene with students
  • To act in a keyworker capacity where required for individual/small groups of students
  • To support the Student & Family Engagement Officer in improving student attendance
  • To produce and present reports to the AHT
  • Liaise with outside agencies to provide alternative education packages
  • Run internal isolation provision with C5 detentions across the school
  • To undertake break and lunch duties as directed
  • Attendance, welfare, support and behavioural issues
  • Develop and implement strategies to address identified issues
  • Liaise with a range of stakeholders to produce and facilitate reintegration packages for students following exclusion or extended absence
  • Partake in educational visits where required
  • Supporting all students to behave appropriately in every lesson and around the school site
  • Co-ordinate and lead relevant meetings and play an active role in ATL meetings
  • Attend core group meetings and multi agency meetings as required, providing clear feedback to others
  • Communicate effectively with students and parents
  • Collation of work for a variety of circumstances
  • Liaison with SLT on exclusions and ALTEX
  • Create appropriate letters and reports as required
  • Maintain accurate records covering all aspects of role including student files and safeguarding confidential files
  • Managing difficult situations including students and/or their parents/carers who may be in an emotional, distressed or aggressive state
  • Be involved in the delivery of small group subject intervention sessions
  • Attend events and functions pertinent to the role
  • Admission of new students
  • Facilitate effective transition between all key stages
  • Organise year photographs/social functions for students

 

General Duties

To act as a Fire Marshall

Attend Parents Evenings, Options Evenings, Open Events

Deputise for colleagues during absences

Be aware of relevant issues and ensure the safeguarding of the welfare of students 

To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact with during the course of your duties and responsibilities.  Your conduct must, at all times, be in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures.

To report any causes for concern relating to the welfare and safety of children to the designated person and the Head of School if unavailable the designated safeguarding governor or a member of the Senior Leadership team

To attend safeguarding training as required by the school and maintain your knowledge and understanding of your responsibility for safeguarding children in this school

To take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and other persons who may be affected by their activities and where appropriate, safeguarding the health and safety of persons under their control and guidance in accordance with the provision of Health & Safety legislation

Undertaking any other duties that may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities/grade of the post as defined, subject to the proviso that normally any changes of a permanent nature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific terms.