Pastoral Support Worker

We are seeking a committed and proactive Pastoral Support Worker to join our pastoral team, supporting students and families across Years 7 to 11. This is a varied and rewarding role where you will play a key part in promoting positive behaviour, improving attendance, and supporting student welfare. You will work closely with Heads of Year and the wider pastoral team to ensure strong, consistent systems are in place that enable all students to succeed. Key Responsibilities

• Support the pastoral team in delivering high-quality care to students and families.
• Work closely with Heads of Year to understand individual student needs and provide targeted support.
• Help implement consistent systems to improve behaviour, attendance, and wellbeing.
• Respond to incidents through the On-Call system, providing calm and effective support.
• Supervise the Reset Room, ensuring students reflect and re-engage positively
• Undertake duties around the school to maintain a safe and supportive environment
• Lead and deliver interventions and tutor sessions to support student development
• Build positive relationships with students to encourage engagement and success, We recognise that candidates may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools when preparing their application. The Trust does not prohibit the use of AI; however, any use must be appropriate and must not undermine the principles of safer recruitment, as set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education (Part 3). Applications must be an honest and accurate reflection of your own experience, skills, values, and suitability to work with children and young people.
  
  We are looking for someone who:
• Has experience working with young people, ideally in a school or similar setting
• Is confident, resilient, and able to manage challenging situations calmly
• Has a genuine passion for supporting student wellbeing and development
• Can build strong, professional relationships with students, staff, and families
• Is organised, proactive, and able to work as part of a team
• Is committed to promoting high standards of behaviour and attendance
  
  Our overarching aim and vision is for our schools to deliver an exceptional education for children and young people, ensuring that students have access to the highest standards of teaching, resources and learning opportunities.
We are ambitious for our academies. We live in a demanding educational landscape that brings with it challenges, but also opportunities. We are excited by the opportunities for talented and inspirational educators to make an impact and create a powerful legacy. We seek applicants for our roles who can align with our vision and have the talent, drive and determination to deliver that vision successfully. We support all our schools with our leadership and management, school improvement, legal, financial, administrative, admissions, marketing, premises, safeguarding and HR expertise. We think our roles are tremendously exciting ones to perform supported by the expert Olympus team. We are inspired by our academies' journey and consider it a great privilege to design and develop a 21st century school education. We will be very interested to hear your ideas and aspirations too. We are looking for staff who will deliver an exceptional education for the young people in our care.


• Pension Scheme, We offer the opportunity of flexible working patterns where possible to assist with a work/life balance and welcome applications from people wishing to work on a part-time or job share basis for all roles including full time. We are happy to discuss flexible working from day one.