PASTORAL SUPPORT OFFICER START DATE: ASAP PERMANENT CONTRACT 35 HOURS PER WEEK Term Time only – 39 weeks per year Grade 5, SCP 7-11 starting on point 7 Pro-rata salary: £20,891.15 Wombourne High School are looking to appoint a Pastoral Support Officer to join our pastoral team. We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands. As a Pastoral Support Officer, you will support students with personal, social, developmental and behavioural problems to help them to identify and realise their full potential both inside and outside school. You will also support the team on a day-to-day basis, providing administration as directed. Your role involves regulated activity with children on a daily basis and this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We will require you to complete an on-line DBS if you are appointed. For further information about our school, please visit our website : www.wombournehighschool.co.uk Closing date: Sunday 27th April 2025 We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Interviews due to take place: as soon as possible after the closing date We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2024 This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974. Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide