Pastoral Support Officer

Unsted Park School is recruiting for a Pastoral Support Officer to join our Education team now! We are looking for versatile, resilient and committed people, who can adapt their practice wherever necessary to support across all key stages.

Our benefits include:

• Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
• Comprehensive induction
• Blue Light Card
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Pension scheme
• Paid for enhanced DBS
• Wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme and more!

Unsted Park School has an Ofsted rating of Good with Outstanding features. Our school is set in a beautiful semi-rural location with 44 acres of surrounding grounds. We are a SEN school specialising in the education and care of children and young people between the age of 7 to 19 years who are diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum with associated learning difficulties. We are looking for someone with the passion, enthusiasm and drive to support our young people in achieving their potential. You will be part of a dedicated and lively team that focuses strongly on the core areas of education, independence and inclusion.

Under the direction of the Deputy Head Teacher for Pastoral/Behaviour, the role will include the following key accountabilities:

• Collecting and analysing behaviour incidents
• Reporting incidents through Engage
• Updating individual PBS plans, risk assessments and missing person reports
• Central point of contact for Pastoral Support
• Recording behaviour incidents and co-ordinating Pastoral Support
• Effective liaison with staff, parents and students regarding pastoral and behaviour related circumstances
• Planning and organising pastoral training
• Delivering whole school Pastoral Support to individual students when necessary

At Aspris Childrens Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. As long as you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience, we will give you all the training and support you need to progress!

Experienced of working in an SEN environment and having a psychology degree would be beneficial but not essential, along with the following characteristics:

Resilience We support some of the most vulnerable children in society who have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties so there will be times where your resilience is challenged.
Communication Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.
Organisation Strong organisational skills are important to support the class teacher and young people with educational activities
Caring Our young people require the best care we can offer. If you are a naturally caring and compassionate person, this is the role for you.
Attentive No two tasks will be the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important.

Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

If you want a job for life, Aspris Childrens Services will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.