Pastoral Support Worker

REQUIRED FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 (EARLIER IF POSSIBLE)

• 36 hours a week, five days a week, term-time plus one week
• P14-18 (£30,963 - £32,925 FTE) (£26,483 - £28,162 pro rata)
• NOR: 1250 | 325 in 6^th Form

Our school is very highly regarded, heavily oversubscribed and enjoys consistently outstanding examination results. Finchley Catholic is a very rewarding place to work with a supportive collegiate atmosphere.

The Governors of Finchley Catholic High School wish to appoint a full-time Pastoral Support Worker who will work with students as part of our Inclusion Team and staff to promote and maintain our students’ mental health and well-being. We are looking for an inspirational individual who will make a significant contribution to our Inclusion department and school community.

Finchley Catholic High School strives to provide an outstanding education for all of our young people within a caring Catholic Community where all are known and loved for who they are and supported to be the best possible versions of themselves.

We require a colleague who is:

• Able to support with our inclusion vision and provide high quality interventions for some of our most vulnerable students
• Committed to working with students and would like to have a real impact on their school experience on a daily basis
• Enthusiastic, with a talent for motivating and inspiring young people to achieve the best they can
• Patient and flexible, with an understanding of the range of needs that students will have and the variety of approaches that might be used to get the best out of students
• Keen to play a full role in the wider life of the school

We can offer you:

• A friendly, vibrant and caring school where staff are really valued
• A strong commitment to CPD and a very supportive induction programme
• An enterprising and can do’ ethos where innovation and risk taking are encouraged
• A genuine commitment to staff welfare

Finchley Catholic High School is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such all candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applications from non-Catholics who are willing to support the values and ethos of a Catholic school are warmly invited.