Pastoral Support Lead
Christ The King Voluntary Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 7JZ7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
17 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
6 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,795.00 - £29,595.00 Annually (Actual) Band 5
Pastoral Support Lead job summary
Christ The King Catholic Voluntary Academy have an exciting opportunity to be part of the development of our behaviour support unit, as Pastoral Support Lead. The role supports some of the most vulnerable students in our Academy with a focus on academia and therapeutic support. We use current research in ‘Trauma Informed and Relational Practice’ to help to re-focus, motivate, and ultimately reintegrate students back into mainstream lessons.
Working under the guidance and direction of the Inclusion Manager you will support continued improvements in behaviour across the Academy through the provision of academic, behavioural, and therapeutic support across the wider Academy. You will support improvements in attendance and engagement and the reduction of suspensions and permanent exclusions of key vulnerable students. You will assist students with additional needs to support re-integration into mainstream classrooms without adversely affecting the behaviour and progress of other students.
This is a permanent role working 37 hours per week on a term time only basis.
About Us
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy is a secondary school and is located in Nottingham, with an Ofsted-rated Good. We are part of Our Lady of Our Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, bringing together 36 Catholic primary and secondary schools in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
As Pastoral Support Lead, you will:
- Play a role in fostering students' well-being and academic success.
- Work closely with Achievement Leaders, senior leaders, and external agencies.
- Design and implement tailored support programmes to improve behaviour, attitudes, and engagement.
- Develop one-to-one mentoring relationships and group interventions to support students' learning and personal development.
- Coordinate with external agencies and families to address individual needs and enhance social and emotional well-being.
- Assist with the smooth transition of student at key stages in their educational journey.
- Maintain accurate records, including safeguarding-related actions, and uphold confidentiality in all interactions.
- Work independently to encourage pupils to become more independent learners and help to raise achievement and attainment for all pupils.
- Have experience of working in a student facing role, ideally working with young people in developing strategies to support personal development.
- Work well under pressure with an ability to diffuse potentially contentious situations and to form positive and trusting relationships with students in order to raise student achievement.
- Demonstrate that you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of the students in the Academy.
- Take responsibility for the planning and delivery of specified packages of work.
We offer:
- An actual salary of £26,795 - £29,595 per annum (Band 5 Scale Points 19 - 24)
- Wonderful students who have a passion for learning and deserve the very best.
- A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
- Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.
- Fantastic benefits:
- Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions over 20%.
- Access to top-tier CPD opportunities tailored to your development.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing emotional, financial, and legal support for you and your family.
- Exclusive perks: From staff discounts to a Cycle-to-Work scheme, we’ve got you covered!
- A welcoming community: Work with enthusiastic students, supportive colleagues, and a leadership team that values your expertise.
- Term time only working.
Closing Date: Monday 17 March 2025 at 9.00am
Visits are warmly welcomed so you can see for yourself, and we encourage you to talk to us to learn more about the role. Please contact school office at llea@christtheking.notts.sch.ukto arrange a visit or to discuss the role further.
You do not need to be a Catholic to work for out Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools. Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Christ The King Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 850 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Christ The King Voluntary Academy website
Christ the King is a welcoming and successful 11-18 academy providing a Catholic education in Arnold, Nottingham. We strive to ensure that each young person is safe, happy and successful and we pride ourselves on providing an excellent educational experience for all students which is underpinned by our mission which is
‘To provide the best education and care we can for all members of our Living Faith Community’.
We promote the highest possible standards in pastoral care, self-belief, behaviour and uniform. There are clear guidelines for what is expected of each individual and how everyone can make a positive contribution to both our school community and to the wider community. We are extremely proud of the outcomes from our visit from Ofsted and I would encourage you to read the specific details which celebrate many aspects of the School’s provision offered to our young people.
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