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