Pastoral Assistant

**Pastoral Assistant**

**Part Time (39 weeks - TTO + 5 days), 27.5 hours/week**

**Monday to Friday, 9am to 2:30pm**

To assist the Assistant Head (Pastoral) in providing support for students, parents and teachers in order to raise standards involving monitoring and intervention

**PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Attendance**
- To provide support to the Assistant Head (Pastoral) to encourage good attendance by monitoring student attendance and punctuality to registration and lessons
- Support tutors and the attendance clerk in providing reasons for absence
- To attend meetings with the Education Welfare Officer (EWO), Assistant Head teacher (Pastoral) and provide information to the Assistant Head (Pastoral) for formal attendance meetings
- To analyse and respond appropriately to attendance data

**Behaviour**
- To assist with the investigation of incidents by taking statements, interviewing students and planning a programme of response as requested by Assistant Head (Pastoral) or SLT
- To assist in improving communications with parents, teachers and students regarding ways of improving behavior
- In the event of student exclusion ensure all relevant staff are aware of the absence, liaise with staff to ensure appropriate work is made available for parents following the exclusion
- To assist in re-admittance to school following exclusion
- To support monitoring of students on 'report’
- To encourage positive attitudes, appearance and behaviour in and around school

**Communications**
- To utilise positive language with students, to engage with them to make improvements
- To acknowledge and reward improvements from students
- To be first point of call for response to concerns reported by parents
- To be on-call and be available for pupils throughout the day
- To ensure that all relevant information is disseminated to staff
- To administrate and collate data on all transfers, in and out of the school
- To assist in the transition arrangements for all students who join after the commencement of the academic year
- To encourage and develop parental contacts with tutors and others as appropriate
- To liaise with outside agencies including social services, youth services, the police and child protection agencies.
- To support identified Looked After Children (LAC), including liaising with carers and outside agencies.

**Other Duties**
- To be aware of child protection issues, liaise when necessary with named staff and be part of the school procedures
- To attend case conferences and planning meetings providing reports and information as required
- To attend tutor meetings and other meetings as required
- To assist the Assistant Head (Pastoral) in planning and preparing for special events and activities throughout the year -Year 7 induction, work experience, option choice, examinations
- To be involved in the organisation of consultation evenings
- To liaise with individual teachers, departments in relation to learning of individual and groups of pupils
- To promote a positive school ethos
- To support before and after school activities/clubs
- To work with the Assistant Head (Pastoral behaviour) to identify students / groups of students in order to put measures in place to raise achievement To assist the Assistant Head (Pastoral) in displaying information for year groups through tutor notice boards, year notice boards, including the dissemination of information about extra-curricular activities
- Act as first aider when necessary (training will be provided).
- Ensure confidentially at all times
- To be an exemplary leader in dealings with staff, pupils, parents and outside agencies
- Any other duties and responsibilities within the range of the salary grade

Are you:

- Forward thinking, creative and able to work in a team?
- Able to promote a positive school ethos, based around behaviour, attendance and achievement?
- Passionate about Church School education?

Do you:

- Want to enable student to access their potential?
- High expectations of yourself and others?
- Have excellent communication skills, patience and empathy?

**OTHER INFORMATION**
As this job will entail working in a school environment, the successful applicant will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check.

**Job Types**: Permanent, Part-time

**Salary**: £14,557.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Rugby, CV22 6EA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)