Pastoral Manager

At Engage Education, we've spent over a decade making sure our teachers and support staff are happy and supported, and offered satisfying and reliable work.

About the job

The Pastoral Manager will work as a member of the Inclusion Team, to support the Year Curriculum Leader and Key Stage Managers within the school. The overall responsibility of the postholder is to support the personal social and academic development of students and promote their well-being within their specified Key Stage, as well as implementing the school's behaviour policy.

The key responsibilities of the role will be to provide pastoral support for a select multi-year group of higher needs students, to help these students address their social, emotional, mental health needs and their own general wellbeing needs (including attendance) and thereby remove barriers to academic progress.

Help to identify students causing concern and then support staff as directed/necessary in order to achieve an environment in which all students can and do successfully learn. This is a temporary role for 6 months.

About you

• Pastoral school experience is preferable
• This role will suit someone who has a well-developed understanding of strategies to manage and support young people, some with challenging behaviour. The ideal candidate will be able to remain calm and think clearly. The role involves leading and working alongside a team to deliver the best outcomes for our young people.
• This is a very exciting opportunity to make a huge positive impact on the lives of students, who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences with every hope of a bright and fulfilling future.

About the school

A popular, oversubscribed mainstream secondary school in Worthing, with over 1600 students on roll. This is a rare opportunity to join their fantastic and committed pastoral team. The staff are passionate about achieving the best outcomes for all students. This school is also easily reached by public transport.

Why choose Engage?

• We put the ambitions of our teachers first, ensuring you have the support to teach the way you want to, and pride ourselves on providing high levels of service to our teachers and support staff.
• We are widely-recognised, giving us the reach we need to secure reliable work for our supply teachers.
• We offer an excellent 'refer-a-friend' scheme .
• We pay our teachers in line with the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) meaning you will be paid the same as a permanent employee, regardless of how many days you work.
• You will have your own dedicated consultant, who is fully-trained to answer all your questions and provide ongoing support and guidance.
• We will also invite you to our CPD training sessions, which are delivered by our in-house team of former senior leaders, and are entirely free to attend!
• Engage Education also has an exclusive partnership with Creative Education which offers over 200 CPD courses for teachers and support staff. Membership with Creative Education is usually via a paid monthly subscription, but as an Engage candidate, you'll get forever access to all of their current and future content for free.

Great! If you meet the criteria to become a supply teacher with Engage, you can apply below or contact us directly.

All applicants require the appropriate qualifications and training.

If you don't hear from us within 2 working days, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful for this role. However, we'll keep your CV on file and get in touch if something suitable comes up. (You can still apply for our other roles, too!)

Engage Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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We look forward to working with you!