Pastoral Support Worker

Role: Pastoral Support Worker

Location: Barnstaple

Contract: 22.5 hours a week, 46 weeks per year, term time only

Salary: £12.56 per hour

We are excited to be recruiting for a Pastoral Support Worker on behalf of a specialist education provider in Exeter. This is a fantastic opportunity for a compassionate professional to support young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in achieving their full potential.

About the role:

As a Pastoral Support Worker, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the emotional, social and behavioural wellbeing of students. This dynamic role involves:

• Providing holistic one-to-one and group support tailored to students with SEN
• Identifying and addressing behavioural and emotional barriers to learning 
• Collaborating with staff, parents and external agencies to develop personalised support plans
• Monitoring attendance and implementing strategies to improve student engagement
• Ensuring safeguarding practices are followed and concerns are reported promptly

About you:

Essential experience and skills:

• At least 1 year experience in a relevant role, ideally with SEN or ASD
• Strong communication and relationship-building abilities
• A proactive, empathetic approach and the ability to think creatively
• Knowledge of safeguarding, equality and diversity practices
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

Desirable skills and qualifications:

• Training in areas such as ADHD, emotional literacy or mental health first aid
• Experience supporting individuals with learning disabilities, mental health needs or physical disabilities
• Familiarity with alternative employment pathways, such as internships or apprenticeships

If you’re a dedicated and empathetic individual looking for a rewarding role, we’d love to hear from you. Contact us today to take the next step in your career!

Working with Long-term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. 

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you. 

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition you will receive: 

• Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities
• Permanent job roles
• Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process
• Working to Agency Workers Regulations
• Interview preparation, advice and support
• Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay