This document outlines the objectives and responsibilities of pastoral care in a school setting. It discusses key issues students face and how pastoral care can address them through programs on topics like self-esteem, relationships, and career guidance. The roles of various staff involved in pastoral care are defined, including learning managers, group tutors, nurses, and counselors. Expectations of pastoral care are provided regarding personal support, curriculum support, vocational guidance, personal/social education, and developing a positive school ethos.

1. PASTORAL CARE
AB I OL A S ANUS
Ohiro Jolly
OBJECTIVES
1. Outline the expectations of pastoral
care,
2. Outline the responsibilities of the
teachers in pastoral care delivery
3. Evaluation of pastoral care delivery
against student needs and response.
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE
21ST CENTURY
List some of the issues they feel they
have to cope with and worry about
Self-esteem – SELF –ESTEEM /
CONFIDENCE BUILDING
TALKS/PROGRAMMES
Friendships – HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
WORKSHOPS/TALKS

2. Bullying – ANTI BULLYING
WORKSHOPS FOR STAFF & STUDENTS
Boys/girls – HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX
Sex and sexuality – SEXUALLY
HEALTHY WORKSHOPS/TALKS &
DISCUSSIONS
Conformity/individuality –
CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES
Clothes/fashion – SELF-ESTEEM
Appearance / body shape –
PERSONAL HYGIENE, PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
Peer pressure / opinion of others –
ASSERTIVE, SELF-ESTEEM/CONFIDENCE
BUILDING , DECISION- MAKING
TRAINING
Parents – COMMUNICATION &
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Employment prospects – CAREER
FAIRS, CAREER TALKS

3. PASTORAL CARE SHOULD HELP A
SCHOOL ACHIEVE SUCCESS
DEFINATION
Pastoral care is a holistic approach by which
the school attempts to meet the personal,
social, emotional and intellectual needs of
every pupil, in order that each might
participate fully and gain maximum benefit
from everything the school has to offer
EXPECTATIONS
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


4. Personal
Guardiance
Development
of a positive
Pastoral Curricula
Guardiance
school ethos Care
Vocational
Guardiance


1. Personal 2. Curricular 3. Vocational 4. Personal & 5. Development
Support Support Support Social Education of a positive
school ethos
Attendance, Curriculum, Careers education, PSE School aims,
late-coming, learning and vocational courses, values, rules and
health and other teaching, education/industry ethos.
personal welfare progress, activities, Behaviour
matters. reporting, Further and Higher management,
attainment. Education links. recognition of
achievement, anti-
bullying, equal
rights, citizenship,
safety and
security.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY
SCHOOL staff
Must be alive to the

5. opportunities to inspire and
instruct a child with a view to
nurture the whole child within
a school environment.
HEAD OF PASTORAL CARE
• Overall responsibility for pastoral policy
and
practice throughout the school.
LEARNING MANAGER
• Responsible for a team
• Accountable for large group of
students
• Discipline
• Student welfare
• Liaising with parents
• Linking with other agencies and
support
WHAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A
LEARNING MANAGER IN YOUR
SCHOOL?

6. GROUP TUTOR
• Responsible for group
• Student welfare
• Discipline
• Liaising with parents and Head of
Year/Department
• Monitoring individuals development,
emotionally and academically
• Motivating and inspiring pupils as a
positive role model
ROLE OF A GROUP TUTOR
• A good tutor will be involved in…..
(hand-
out)
• Student Welfare
• Procedures, Policies, Administration
• Monitoring
• Reporting Systems

7. • Personal, Health, Social, Tutorial
Delivery
• Extra Curricular and Community
NURSING STAFF
First, must be licensed and
registered to practice within the country
in which the school is in.
Be qualified and Registered with the
appropriate regulatory nursing council
Nurses must renew this registration
as and when due by the Body.
They must have adequate
experience for their work and/or
receive appropriate training.
The nurses have access to Medical
Doctor (or deputy) for professional
guidance and consultation.
THE NURSES’ DUTIES:
Managing the Medical Centre

8. Day to day medical and nursing
care for pupils
Assisting with regular surgeries with
and without the school medical doctor.
Administration of medicines (under
protocol)
SCHOOL COUNSELLOR
A counsellor should be available if
pupils need referral
regarding emotional or minor
psychological problems.
She/he must be qualified and
registered with the appropriate
governing body.
She/he must make assessment of the
child’s visits and be able and willing to
refer in the case of higher professional
expertise needed
Must, at all times maintain
confidentiality when seeing the patient
(child)

9. Must apply decorum and respect for
the confidentiality ethic and only be
willing to break this clause under special
circumstances
ROLE OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
Development of a health promotion
programme, in liaison with the
core academic staff, head teacher
and school board, to cover all
aspects of the wellbeing of the
students. Physical, Psychological
(mental and emotional) and Sexual well
-being
Liaising with the parents and primary
caregivers of the students in
developing and promoting the
programmes
Constant evaluation of the
programmes for effects, checks and
balances, improvements.
Documenting the trends in students
interaction with health services to

10. create a health report to be presented
to the school board and or
parents yearly, monthly or quarterly.
ROLE OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELLOR:
Providing adequate counselling
service that seeks to identify, manage
and prevent common psychological
issues and situations in young
people
Identifying young people in “high
risk” categories of mal-adjustment and
providing counseling for same.
Liaising with third-party referrals if
needed for these individuals
Liaising with other members of staff
about treatment and management
protocol for both general and individual
case studies
Documenting the trends in students
interaction with counselling services to
create a counselling report to be
presented to the school

11. board and or parents yearly, monthly or
quarterly.
Objective Specific Range of Illustrative
Objective tasks examples
Take Collect
1.Perso Attenda an active and monitor
nal nce and interest absence
Support late- in and notes from
coming monitor parents/care
the rs.
attendan Contact
ce and parents/care
punctuali rs e.g using
ty of a note in
pupils homework
and offer diary/planne
them r.
support. Raise an
Promot alarm when
e attendance

12. improve or
ment in punctuality
attendan causes
ce and concern.
punctuali
ty.
Health Take Communic
an active ate with
interest support staff
in the and PT so
health that health
and well records can
- being be kept up
of pupils to date.
and offer Raise an
them alarm when
support. an apparent
health issue
causes

13. concern.
Persona Take Be aware
l an active of any
welfare interest change in
in the the general
personal well-being of
welfare pupils
of pupils
and offer
them
support.
Be
aware of
their
duties
and
responsi
bilities
regardin
g child
protectio

14. n issues.
2. Curricul Take Highlight
Curricul um and an active issues
um Timetab interest relating to
Support le in the curriculum
curriculu and
m and timetable eg
timetabl when a
es of change in a
pupils subject
and offer roster is to
them take place,
support. room
displacemen
ts during
examination
s,
forthcoming
option

15. choice
programme.
Dealing
with lost
timetables,
how to find
classrooms,
new
teachers
Learnin Take Checking
g and an active homework
Teachin interest diaries/scho
g in the ol planners
teaching to see if
and there are
learning any issues
of pupils arising with
and offer homework.
them Inquiring
support. “how things

16. Encour are going”.
age Asking
pupils to pupils how
raise they are
standard progressing
s or eg how did
maintain your Level E
high test go?,
standard when is your
s assignment
Advise in
pupils on Geography
assessm due?
ent and Advise on
examinat basic study
ions . skills, pupil
queries
about exam
arrangement
s etc.
encourage
exam

17. preparation.
3. . Take Be aware
Vocatio Careers an active when
nal educati interest careers
support on in the interviews or
careers careers
educatio exhibitions
n of are taking
pupilsan place and
d offer encourage
them pupils to
support attend.
where Be prepared
appropri to answer
ate. pupil
questions on
careers as
class
teachers
have always
done

18. Educati Take Be aware
on an active of when
Industr interest Work
y in the Experience
Activitie EIL placements
s activities are
in which scheduled
their and express
pupils an interest
are in pupils’
involved placements
and offer
them
support.
Encour
age
pupils to
take part
in EIL
activities
.

19. Vocatio Take . Encourag
nal an active e pupils to
activitie interest take part in
s in pupils’ University or
vocation College open
al days
activities
.
Encour
age
pupils to
take part
in
vocation
al
activities
.
4. Involv
Persona ement
l and in/delive

20. social ry of PSE
educati in
on. accordan
ce with
school
policy.
Voluntee
rism
would be
the
approac
h
adopted,
subject
to the
exigenci
es of the
timetabl
e
5. General Promot
Develop e the

21. ment of develop
a ment of
positive a
school positive
ethos. school
ethos
Behavio Take Encourage
ur an active good
manage interest citizenship
ment in the eg good
behaviou habits, self
r of discipline,
pupils, respect for
encoura others, work
ge good ethic,
behaviou responsibilit
r and y,
offer reliability,
them honesty,
support. attitudes etc
Encour Encourage

22. age pupils to use
pupils to their
increase homework
achieve diaries/plann
ments or ers and
maintain monitor the
high use of the
levels. diaries/plann
ers.
Contact
with
parents/care
rs eg using
homework
diary/planne
r.
Encourage
pupils to
follow the
school dress
code.
Encourage

23. pupils to
follow the
school
behaviour
code.
Promote
communicati
on with
parents/care
rs by issuing
school
newsletters,
information
about
parents’
meetings
etc.
Read out
school
bulletins/ne
wsletters
and support

24. school in
matters that
require
teacher
support.
Encourage
pupils to
take part in
school
initiatives eg
charity
efforts, extra
curricular
events etc
Inform PT
of
outstanding
achievement
s.
Recogni Take
tion of an active

25. achieve interest
ment in the
achieve
ments of
pupils
and.
encoura
ge them
to
increase
achieve
ments or
maintain
high
levels.
Safety Take
and an active
security: interest
anti- in pupils’
bullying safety
and

26. security
and offer
them
support
when
appropri
ate.
Partici
pate in
arrange
ments
for
pupils’
safety
and
security.
Promot
e and
encoura
ge pupil
awarene
ss of

27. personal
and
whole-
school
safety
and
security.
Pastoral Goals of a school
Give your school a rating of 1 to 5 on
how effectively it achieves each of the
goals below (1 represents low
achievement and 5 represents high
achievement)
(a) provides a point of personal contact
with and between pupils
(b) provides a point of personal contact
with and between parents/carers
(c) monitors pupil progress across the
whole curriculum

28. (d) offers support and guidance for
pupil achievement
(e) provides colleagues with information
to adapt teaching
(f) promotes a school which meets
pupils’ needs
(g) encourages a caring and orderly
environment
(h) engages wider networks as
appropriate
(i) evaluates the effective achievement
of these goals
Exchange your ratings between
colleagues, looking for both similarities
and
differences. Now consider the basis of
your judgement. What led you to give a
high rating? Are these some of the
hallmarks in your view of quality?
Rating