Pastoral Support Worker
- NHS
- Part Time
- Cramlington
- 26530.00 - 29114.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
This post is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Northumbria Health and Care Academy team as pastoral support.
The post holder will receive a bespoke training package from the Trust and the University of Sunderland as part of the Partnership to deliver academic programmes at the Academy.
The post holder will provide pastoral support to staff undertaking education and training at the Academy, devising, developing and coordinating pastoral and learning support plans.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
- To facilitate the implementation of pastoral support for staff accessing education and training through the academy delivered by the Trust, and facilitate the development of employment support skills in managers and teams.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
About us
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. The Non-Medical Prescribing Programme will be delivered from the Health and Care Academy at the Northumbria Hospital in Cramlington, a brand new space dedicated to the training and education of the nursing, midwifery and allied health professional workforce.
Job responsibilities
- To facilitate the implementation of pastoral support for staff accessing education and training through the academy delivered by the Trust, and facilitate the development of employment support skills in managers and teams.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oLevel 4 qualification in an appropriate subject or equivalent portfolio of experience.
Desirable
- oRelevant Vocational Qualification for assessment and verification purposes (D32/33; A1; D34 or V1)
- oRelevant Teaching Qualification e.g. PTTLS/DTTLS/PGCE/ENB 7318 or equivalent
- Coaching/mentoring qualification
- Safeguarding knowledge
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of Learning and education best practice gained via previous experience.
- In depth knowledge of post employment support requirements, a good understanding of the Equality Act (2010)
- A sound knowledge of Learning and education to be able to advise managers on relative aspects of Education (internal and external).
- Knowledge of pastoral support interventions to be able to advise managers on relative aspects of learning and development
Other requirements
Essential
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northumbria Health and Care Academy
Northumbria Way
Cramlington
NE23 6NZ
