Pastoral Assistant

KEY PURPOSE

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

Respond swiftly to daily, unexpected student crises, conflicts, or emotional distress as they arise

Develop a positive and professional rapport with students to create a safe space where they feel heard and valued

Establish a professional curiosity and maintain vigilance regarding safeguarding, identifying vulnerabilities and reporting concerns immediately

To support students to attend school, lessons in a positive and punctual fashion

To reduce the number of behavioural issues and incidents reported in school

To deal effectively with parental complaints, monitor and deal with any issues identified as part of the complaints and recommend ways to improve the Academy’s procedures to support improvements

To be a role model in terms of behaviour and create a high awareness of the role within school

ACCOUNTABILITIES

The appointee will be line managed by the Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral.

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 behaviour

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 advise subject staff about issues relating to the year group

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 vulnerable students including those known to social care and looked after children (CLA), 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 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 work with pastoral and subject staff to put in place and assist with appropriate arrangements to ensure all students successfully complete coursework

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

Stand in for and support Head of year in the event of absence