Pastoral Support Officer
Ref: SCH-PLT-0072Additional Information
Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: TTO Plus - Term time only plus weeks Hours per Week: 37.00 Weeks per Year: 39.000 Pay Grade: Support Staff | SCP13 - SCP17The Role
Required for September, a Pastoral Support Officer with an interest in working with pupils with SEMH and challenging behaviours. This post is Term Time Only plus 5 training days. FTE Salary is £26,873 - £28,770 (actual £23,075 - £24,703- £13.93- £14.91 per hour).
Mary Astell Academy is an alternative provision academy established in September 2018. Based in the West End of Newcastle, the academy works with young people aged 11 to 16 who have been permanently excluded from mainstream education. We provide access to a full-time, broad and balanced education appropriate to pupils’ potential and educational needs and encourage their reintegration back into a mainstream school setting wherever possible.
Our young people are also able to access a wide range of therapeutic interventions to support them in recognising and understanding triggers for their behaviours and explore strategies that support them in dealing with these. We recognise that ACEs and traumatic experiences have often impacted upon the lives of our young people and that for many of them not only have they survived but have shown great strength in doing so. At Mary Astell we seek to restore them and help individuals return to a path towards happy and fulfilling adult lives.
The successful candidates will be deployed initially at Mary Astell Academy but will be expected to work at any Prosper Learning Trust site should the need arise.
To learn more about Mary Astell Academy and Prosper Learning Trust, please visit https://www.prosperlearningtrust.co.uk/
Prosper Learning Trust was established in January 2018 with Newcastle Bridges School and Mary Astell Academy. Thomas Bewick School joined in 2019, Harry Watts opened in September 2020 and Gilbert Ward Academy opened in September 2023. We are striving to further build collaboration across the schools and grow as a Multi Academy Trust, whilst continuing to strengthen our relationships with schools outside the MAT for the benefit of our pupils.
The Trust is proud to say that we match the Real Living Wage and we also offer successful candidates:
- A friendly and supportive team of staff who are willing to share expertise and learn from one another
- Opportunities for career development and support with development through Trust wide CPD programmes
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and support from the Trust's Wellbeing Network Group
- Access to either Teacher's Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme
Full details can be found on our website. https://www.prosperlearningtrust.co.uk/121/why-work-for-us
Please note that all successful candidates will be required to complete an online pre-employment medical questionnaire.
Qualifications
| Qualification Title | Grade | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 GCSEs Grade A-C (or equivalent eg Level 2 Numeracy/Literacy) including Maths and English (or working towards) |
Essential
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| NVQ Level 3 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent |
Essential
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Skills
| CPD / Training | |
|---|---|
| Willingness to participate in relevant training and development opportunities |
Essential
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| First Aid training or willingness to undertake appointed person certificate in First Aid |
Desirable
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| Child Protection training |
Desirable
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| Experience/Knowledge | |
| Experience of working in an Academy environment |
Desirable
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| Experience of working in an educational environment |
Essential
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| Experience of working with Microsoft packages including word, excel and power point |
Essential
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| An understanding and knowledge of the key principles of school based administration |
Desirable
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| Experience of delivering high quality customer service |
Essential
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| Abilities, Skills and Knowledge | |
| Able to relate well to children and adults and in particular able to establish positive relationships with pupils. |
Essential
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| Ability to build and maintain successful relationships with students; treat them consistently, with respect and consideration, and demonstrate concern for their development as learners |
Essential
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Safeguarding Information
Prosper Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to apply for Disclosure from the DBS.
The Trust actively promotes equality of opportunity with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records. The Trust selects all candidates for employment based on their skills, qualifications and experience, in comparison against the person specification.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post. Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.
Mary Astell Academy
Linhope Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE5 2LW
Francesca Brown
admin@maryastellacademy.co.uk