Pastoral Assistant

The Opportunity

The Role

Wimbledon High School is seeking a caring and sensitive individual to take on a key safeguarding role in our school community as a Pastoral Assistant.

As part of our Core Safeguarding Team, you will provide essential administrative assistance to ensure that every student receives timely, bespoke support when it is needed, playing an active part in maintaining and promoting student welfare. This will involve overseeing the day-to-day administration and management of the risk register, CPOMS, safeguarding records and student safeguarding plans.

Although this is primarily an administrative role underpinning our pastoral and safeguarding work, there will be opportunities to directly support the development of proactive, student-facing care at the school. You will help shape the GROW Programme, assist with the school’s attendance strategy, support the planning and organisation of events and offer input into the school’s wider wellbeing strategy.

About you

We are looking for a highly organised, positive and proactive individual with a sound understanding of wellbeing and safeguarding issues affecting young people. You should be confident analysing and manipulating data and have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and the wider Microsoft Office suite. A commitment to ongoing professional and personal development is also essential. While experience working with young people is desirable, it is not essential for success in this role.

About the School

Since 1880, Wimbledon High School GDST has been educating girls to go out into the world and make a difference. Our acclaimed pastoral programme GROW, enriching co-curricular opportunities, character-forging partnerships and our 'playful scholarship' approach to academic life make for a compelling environment where every individual can flourish and be herself. Located in the heart of Wimbledon, we are less than 20 minutes from central London.

Benefits

As part of the Girls' Day School Trust, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• GDST Flexible Pension Plan (Details from: https://workplace.aviva.co.uk/gdst/)
• Training grants for qualifications
• Free life assurance benefit
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season tickets
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals. To be eligible for employment, candidates must provide proof of their right to work in the UK. 

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening including online searches will apply to this post.