Pastoral Support Officer
Location: Chorlton - MUST DRIVE FOR THIS ROLE
Prospero Teaching are looking for a Pastoral Support Officer to work as a member of the Pastoral Support Team in a supportive alternative provision in Blackburn. You must drive for this role in order to support the pupils and liaise with parents and other supporting bodies.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Responding to all queries from a wide range of people in an efficient and courteous manner.
2. Providing information and support to young people and their parents/carers, enabling them to fully access the service, including arranging transport of PRU pupils and parents/carers.
3. Providing accurate and timely Information, Advice and Guidance to students, their families and partners to ensure appropriate levels of achievement and progression pathways.
4. Signposting service users to relevant services or passing the content of enquiries to appropriate colleagues where necessary.
5. Attending and, when required, convening Placement Planning and Review meetings and multi-agency meetings as necessary.
6. Liaising with partners and providers to develop appropriate personalised education programmes for individuals with complex needs.
7. Supporting student transitions between provisions/schools/Key Stages.
8. Reporting, verbally and/or in writing as required to the PRU Pastoral Manager, the Head of PRU, the PRU Management Committee and Ofsted.
Contract/Position Details:
* Location: Blackburn
* Position: Pastoral Support Officer
* Type of work: Pastoral
* Contract or position start date: ASAP
To be eligible for this role through Prospero Teaching, you must:
1. Hold Right to Work in the UK.
2. Hold an enhanced DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application.
3. Provide two professional child-related references that cover the last two years.
Other:
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people is responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.
The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy.
Job Reference: VR/00220
Location: England, Blackburn #J-18808-Ljbffr