Pastoral Support

Caterham High School

Ofsted: Good: June 2022: "Pupils at Caterham High School belong to a caring community. Staff encourage pupils to believe in themselves and persevere in pursuit of their ambitions."

Job Title: Pastoral Support
Grade: LBR 6. Pro rata
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week term time only plus 5 days.
Date of Job Spec: December 2022
Responsible to: Pastoral Manager
Required immediately

Strive, Succeed, Surpass

We are looking to recruit a self-motivated, well organised and friendly person to join us as our Pastoral Support Team to improve and develop good behaviour and social inclusion practice alongside our Pastoral Manager. The successful candidate will work under the direction of the Pastoral Manager and SLT Behaviour to lead support.

Candidates should have excellent communication skills and have experience of working in a busy and demanding environment. You will need to be flexible, have a positive approach and be able to manage time to meet deadlines. You must have a positive attitude with children and young people.

The role involves interactions with Heads of Year, students, staff, parents and the wider community. You will need to be able to show good interpersonal skills and a commitment to children’s wellbeing. This role offers an opportunity to play a significant part in our wonderful inclusive school community.

Caterham High School is on a journey to excellence. If you would like to join us, working in an exciting period of development and change, then we would like to hear from you. We strive to achieve aspirational outcomes and provision for all our children and young people, set within a culture of inclusion and high expectations.

We look to provide development and training opportunities for all staff. Appropriate training and guidance will be provided for this post holder so that they can fulfil all aspects of the role.

We are a community school that serves a richly diverse area of East London, with many ethnic groups and languages represented. Our staff are well known as friendly and welcoming. There are staff activities such as football, badminton and yoga. Staff have free access to our fitness suite and parking is readily available.

We warmly welcome an informal visit or a telephone conversation prior to application. Visits to the site are by arrangement - visitors will need to follow our Covid safety protocols.

Are you interested? If so, please look at our website for more information - the application pack and form are on our website.

Completed application forms should be e-mailed to [email protected] by 10.00 am on 18th April 2023

Please note, the school will assess applications immediately on application and reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the closing date.

If you have not received a response within 2 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS Clearance.

In accordance with KCSiE, Safer Recruitment Guidelines and Data Protection Guidelines, we reserve the right to use social media as part of our recruitment processes. Further details are available from the LGA guidance note. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact the School.