Pastoral Tutor

**Purpose of Role**
- Lead on all pastoral needs for your assigned tutor group of learners, provide crisis management and needs based support for assigned learners and be support for other staff requiring support.

**Special Demands**
- Resilience to working outside in all weathers.
- Resilience to working in an emotionally challenging environment.
- Resilience to work with dysregulated learners.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**

The duties outlined in this job description are in addition to those covered by The Outdoors School policies and procedures. They may be modified by the Headteacher, with your agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the job, commensurate with the salary and job title.
- Support learning across all curriculum elements: Support learning across all curriculum elements: Literacy, Numeracy, SMEH, PHSE, Forest Skills, STEM, Physical and Creative, through the implementation and delivery of our personalised SMEH curriculum and project-based learning.
- Complete registers and monitor attendance and absences.
- Write and review IBSPs & PDRs for learners.
- Complete PASS tests and reviews.
- Line management of LSA attached to your group.
- Assess and plan next steps for learners in the assigned tutor group using the Individual Behaviour Support Plans, incorporating SEMH development.
- Plan and source additional support for assigned learners including access to play therapy, speech and language support, literacy support, therapeutic counselling and any other needs-based support to promote grown and personal development.
- Lead on pastoral needs for assigned tutor group, provide crisis management and needs based support for assigned learners.
- Provide support for other staff requiring support.
- Ensure opportunities to meet EHCP targets.
- Utilise the accelerated reader programme.
- Provide written reports for other colleagues / professionals (e.g prior to EHCP review meetings).
- Ensure opportunities are provided for learners within their individual learning style.
- Use creative ways to assess and record progress.
- Contact with home, to include supporting with the Home Learning Environment.
- Safeguarding duties.
- Leading assemblies.
- Updating/maintaining records e.g School Pod.
- Engage in staff supervision and appraisal process.
- Engage in critical reflective practice and participate in CPD opportunities, developing and sharing ideas and best practice for training and delivery.
- Ensure that learners experience a supportive and positive staff team at all times.
- Ensure that you play alongside learners for at least two hours a week to experience a supportive and positive place of learning for all.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**Skills, Knowledge & Experience**

Essential
- Knowledge of Primary / Secondary Pastoral / Welfare support.
- Excellent Pastoral skills with a high emphasis on solution focused.
- Excellent support skills with a commitment to critical reflection and professional development.
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral).
- A learner focussed approach and ability to differentiate and create bespoke opportunities according to learner needs.
- Successful recent experience of working with Primary or Secondary learners with SEMH difficulties and ASD/PDA.
- Excellent behaviour management and knowledge of needs based education.
- Creativity and versatility, engaging learners by creating resources and using identified strategies to support their needs.
- Reflective and responsive to the needs of learner, recognising potential barriers to learning and seeking to overcome these.

Desirable
- Knowledge of behaviour intervention and support practices.
- Knowledge of inter-agency working.
- Experience of working with learners with challenging behaviour outdoors.
- Previous experience working within outdoor education or Forest School settings.

**Personal Qualities**

Essential
- Demonstrate a commitment and passion for the forest school ethos.
- Resilience to working outdoors in all weathers.
- Enthusiasm and drive for improvement.
- Ability to work successfully as part of a team.
- Commitment to improving outcomes for children and families.
- Commitment to safeguarding and safe practice.
- Commitment to Equal Opportunities.
- Determination and the highest expectations of work and behaviour.

Desirable
- Sense of humour
- Forward-thinking

**Qualifications & Training**

Essential
- 5 GCSE’s grade A-C or equivalent
- Willingness to undergo training the organisation feels is appropriate

Desirable
- Outdoor, Adventure or Forest School specific paediatric First Aid
- Safeguarding Level 2
- Forest School Leader L3

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £24,768.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 05/06/2023