• Job Description

  Req#: 75060
  JOB DESCRIPTION POST TITLE: Pastoral Support and Welfare Officer Salary Senior Executive Officer, SCP19-25 HOURS: 36 hours per week RELATED SERVICES: • Be a member of the School Safeguarding Team and a ssist in the completion of UNOCINIs if required. • Attend case conferences and LAC reviews on behalf of and with students. • Undertake home visits as and when required. • Mobilise family, school, and community-based resources to enable the child to learn as effectively as possible in his or her educational program. • Assist in developing early intervention strategies to address pupil needs including mental health, emotional literacy, self-discipline and negative peer and community influences. • Ensuring up to date records of students and family engagement. • Utilise a variety of sources of evidence to demonstrate impact in the role on a termly basis via a termly review report - students/ parental/ external feedback, student voice, attendance statistics, case conference attendance statistics, behavioural record and any other source of evidence that will demonstrate impact. • Work closely with the Safeguarding team and meeting on weekly basis. SERVICES TO STUDENTS: • Provide crisis intervention. • Develop intervention strategies to support academic success. • Use restorative approaches to address and reduce conflict and/or wrongdoing. • Assist the student to develop emotional literacy and positive social interaction skills. • Act as advocate for students in case conferences. • Have appropriate programmes and support in place for targeted students. SERVICES TO PARENT/FAMILIES: • Develop positive working relationships with parents/carers to support student’s school progress. • Provide support to families that are struggling to access school and community resources. SERVICES TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL: • Provide staff with essential information to better understand factors (cultural, societal, economic, familial, health, etc.) affecting a student’s performance and behaviour. • Undertake assessments on pupils who may have mental health issues. • Develop staff in-service training programs on factors that impinge on students’ progress at school e.g., trauma, neglect, domestic abuse. • Work with teachers to strengthen and restore relationships when issues arise. • Provide direct support to staff when required. SCHOOL-COMMUNITY LIAISON: • Help school maintain positive working relationships with external agencies. • Identify and build an inventory of local community resources and external support service. • Make referrals to appropriate statutory, voluntary and community organisations when student and/or family support is required. • Advocate for new and improved community/school service to meet the needs of students and families. • Help the system respond effectively to each students’ needs. • Identify, report, and process any safeguarding issues. • Provide case management for students and families requiring multiple resources. This post is subject to an annual performance review. This job may be altered from time to time in line with the developing needs of the School. Criteria for this post may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting. This job description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time. To view the summary of terms and conditions for each post click here. In accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998), the post-holder is expected to promote good relations, equality of opportunity and pay due regard for equality legislation at all times. Posts involving work in educational institutions are subject to the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (NI) Order 2007. The successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure check which at present costs £33. Further details regarding the payment of this check will be issued with the contract of employment.

• About the company

  The Education Authority is a non-departmental body sponsored by the Department of Education in Northern Ireland.

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