Engagement Worker Pupil & Family Partnership Worker

Newbridge Learning Community School; Low Green; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Newbridge Learning Community School in Wigan is seeking a dedicated professional to provide intensive support for pupils with SEMH needs. The role focuses on re-engagement, holistic family work, and trauma-informed pastoral care within a supportive school community.

The successful candidate will work 37 hours per week, term time plus two weeks, across 40 weeks per year, and will contribute to strategies reducing exclusions and improving attendance. DBS clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with SEMH pupils is desirable.
• Ability to develop imaginative strategies to engage pupils
• Strong pastoral care and relationship-building skills

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the school’s strategy to reduce exclusions and improve attendance.
• Provide intensive support for pupils with SEMH needs and engage with families and external services.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with pupils, staff, and families.

Job description

Newbridge Learning Community School

Moss Lane

Platt Bridge

Wigan

WN2 3TL

Salary: Grade 6, £26,801 - £29,574 per annum.

37 hours per week, term time plus 2 weeks, working 40 weeks per year

Permanent

Required for ASAP

Newbridge is an SEMH secondary school for 88 pupils. Unconditional positive regard is at the heart of everything that we do to create a school that is safe, caring and full of encouragement based on the ethos that, ‘We are all better than we know’. For reengagement to take place, there is a strong emphasis on creating a school family where genuine relationships between pupils, staff and families are supported by strong pastoral care where each pupil is nurtured, feels safe, and is fully accepted and valued.

This dual-role post is designed to provide intensive, targeted support for pupils with SEMH needs who are struggling to access learning, as well as to offer holistic engagement with families and external services to build trust, strengthen home-school relationships and promote sustainable reintegration.

The role will contribute to the school’s wider strategy to reduce fixed-term exclusions, increase attendance and engagement, and ensure all pupils and families are supported as part of a trauma-informed, relational approach to behaviour and pastoral care.

Our school vision is underpinned by the four values of Compassion, Community, Courage and Competence which provide a solid foundation for all moral and academic expectations for staff and pupils.

The successful candidate will:

• Have the ability to work innovatively to devise and deliver imaginative methods of supporting children, young people and families in crisis.
• Have experience of working successfully with difficult to engage pupils to raise aspirations and achievements.
• Build effective relationships with all stakeholders and work proactively in all aspects of school life.

In return,we can offer you:

• The opportunity to be part of our team, who are committed to the personal development of our young people
• A friendly and supportive team of staff, parents and governors
• A commitment to high quality professional development and your health and wellbeing
• The opportunity to be involved in wider activities and school life

Please read the job description and person specification document for further details of requirements of this role.

We would encourage and strongly recommend that you arrange to visit the school before applying for the post.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS clearance will be required.

All enquiries should be addressed to Ashley Martindale School Business Manager, Newbridge Learning Community, Moss Lane, Platt Bridge, Wigan. WN2 3TL, [e-mail].

Interview date: 16th November 2026

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

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