Pastoral Officer - Plumstead Manor

Pastoral Officer – KS 3/4 –

Hours per week: 39 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. Scale 6 – £30,963 (Actual gross salary).

Plumstead Manor is a thriving and popular secondary school located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Our community is vibrant, diverse and inclusive, with over 60 languages spoken across our network. The foundation of our vision and purpose is to offer excellence to all our young people, based on four clear values that underpin all our work – pride, ambition, respect and togetherness.

Our recipe for success is based on high quality teaching and academic rigour, blended with the highest expectations, support and guidance. This creates the safe and happy environment which young people need to thrive and flourish.

• Monitoring standards of attendance, punctuality and behaviour across a particular cohort and being actively involved in the follow‑up of all.
• Developing and monitoring pastoral support programmes for individual students.
• Supporting Heads of Year in following up behaviour incidents.
• Supervising student detentions after school and independent study periods.
• Providing restorative mediation for students (individually and in groups).
• liaising both within the school and with outside agencies to ensure a tailored programme of support.
• Attending multidisciplinary forums such as TAC meetings.
• Supporting the accuracy and rigour of information in helping track and assess the welfare of students.

• Level 3 Qualification.
• At least a Level 2 qualification in English and Mathematics.
• Desirable qualification relating to education, social work, mediation or youth work.
• Experience of working with young people in Key Stages 3, 4 or 5.
• ICT competence.

• Supportive and friendly colleagues.
• Good professional development.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. References will automatically be requested for all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. The successful applicant will be required to be DBS checked prior to taking up post.