Pastoral Support Assistant - Fixed Term Contract
Ark Ayrton Primary Academy
We are excited to be looking for a Fixed Term Pastoral Support Assistant to join our dedicated team in the heart of Portsmouth, so thank you for your interest.
At Ark Ayrton, we are committed to our wonderful community and amazing children. We have high aspirations and expectations for all and a strong and passionate team of staff who are dedicated to ensuring that every child achieves their full potential, becomes a well-rounded, successful citizen, ready to take on new adventures and challenges along their journey.
We know every child in depth and use this knowledge to plan for our children ensuring high expectations at all times. We recognise that some children have additional social, emotional and mental health needs and so are looking to enhance our pastoral team for the rest of the year with some additional capacity.
We are seeking motivated and nurturing individuals to support our children with their social, emotional and mental health needs, their behaviour and their attendance. Working closely with staff, children, parents and external agencies, you will be instrumental in supporting and caring for our children at key points through the day, delivering interventions and working with them through carefully adapted lessons and provision to ensure they thrive and achieve their very best.
Leaders look after staff. We are a collaborative team, ensuring staff receive high quality support, training and feedback so they can thrive in their role. Colleagues are encouraged to learn from one another and we ensure we regularly celebrate success.
We are part of the Ark network of schools and work closely with Ark Dickens and Ark Charter to serve the children of Portsmouth. We are committed to ensuring our children are well-equipped to successfully make the next exciting step in education as they move onto secondary school and furthermore take their place as great citizens of their community.
If you’d like further information, please do get in touch using the details below.
Ideal candidates will:
- have a passion and talent for supporting and nurturing children, particularly those with the greatest challenges
- have experience of establishing successful relationships with a variety of children
- have experience in play therapy, counselling, SEMH interventions and/or other pastoral support and therapeutic work
- have experience of attending CP meetings and dealing with safeguarding concerns
- have a positive attitude and complete belief in the importance of inclusion
- have high expectations of all in the school community to be committed to a relational and restorative model
- have a thorough understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality
By joining Ark Ayrton Primary Academy and the wider Ark team, you will have the opportunity to work with great colleagues, and to develop your career through our professional development programme. You will be encouraged to become a reflective and open practitioner. Please take a look at our website to find out more about the school www.arkayrtonprimary.org.
Visits to the school are encouraged.
Please contact Lynda Miller, Operations Manager on 023 92824828 to confirm a visit or to discuss the role further. If you have any technical queries about the application process, please contact the recruitment team on recruitment@arkonline.org
Closing Date: Wednesday 19th October 2022
(please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis so this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on level of response)
Contract: Fixed Term until July 2023
start date: ASAP Salary: Ark Support Scale Band 5 Point 5-12 (FTE £19,650 - £22,570) Actual Salary £17,260 - £19,824
Hours: 36 hours per week, Term time only