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Ref 192787
Number of Posts 1
Grade Grade 6.
Salary £25979 to £ 29777 
Term Part-time.
Perm / FTC Permanent.
Required (September 2024 ) .
Hours 27.67 hours a week.
Closing Date 08/07/2024.
Location
Our Lady's Catholic High School, Preston, St Anthony's Drive, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 3SQ (901 on roll)

Tel: 01772 326900
School website: www.olchs.lancs.sch.uk
Summary
Our Lady’s Catholic High School is a highly successful oversubscribed 11–16 mixed High School of 900 pupils serving mainly the Catholic community in the north of Preston. We have an excellent reputation and are consistently ranked as a high performing school. We place an emphasis on helping each child reach their full potential and provide a safe, loving environment where our pupils can grow and develop to become One of Ours. Behaviour and relationships in our school are very strong and all teachers use our highly respected and successful system for managing behaviour and relationships called ‘Behaviour 4 Learning’. This is supported by a sophisticated system for rewarding pupils for being fit to learn and for commitment to school life.

An exciting opportunity has now arisen for the position of Pastoral Support Mentor to work directly with pupils to provide mentoring and/or support to overcome particular obstacles to learning in relation to behaviour or attendance; liaise with teaching staff to assess and provide support to targeted pupils to raise achievement and; identify the needs and assess those pupils requiring extra support and support the development of individual action plans. The successful candidate will need to possess excellent written and oral communication skills and be a strong team player and must have 5 A*- C GCSE's including Mathematics and English or equivalent and have experience of working with or caring for children of a relevant age.

This position is for 27.67 hours per week, term time only, with working times 8.50am to 3.10pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and 8.50am to 14.55pm on a Tuesday.  If successful, the salary received based on the hours and weeks specified will be between £16,428 and £19,346 per annum.

The closing date for application is 12 Noon on Monday 8 July 2024.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached.
Essential Qualifications
  • GCSE English Language and Maths Grade C or above (or equivalent)
    • Desirable Qualifications
  • NVQ level 2 or above qualification –appropriate to the post (or equivalent)
    • Essential Experience
  • Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age 
  • Experience of administrative work
    • Desirable Experience
  • Experience of working in a relevant classroom/service environment 
  • Experience of supporting pupils with challenging behaviour

    • For an informal discussion please contact:
    Please contact Jackie McArdle on 01772 326900
    Proposed Interview Date:
    11/07/2024 
    Equal Opportunities statement
    An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community
    Rehabilitation
    Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

    Additional Info

    Applications and further details are available from/returnable to

    Address: Application form attached. Please return completed applications electronically to: head@olchs.lancs.sch.uk
    Positive about Disabled People 

    The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

    Disability Confident employer Lancashire County Council

    Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

    We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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