Pastoral Care Manager

WG060 Witherslack Group Ltd; Hawkeridge; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education and care provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Pastoral Manager to lead a team in supporting young people with complex emotional needs. This role involves creating a positive learning environment and ensuring safeguarding standards are met. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with ASC, ADHD or SEMH individuals, and relevant qualifications in care or education. The position offers a comprehensive salary and benefits package designed to support employee well-being and career development.

Benefits

Full school holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Medical cover

Well-being tools and advice

£1,000 referral bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with families in challenging circumstances.
• Experience of multi-agency work and understanding of safeguarding legislation.
• Experience of staff appraisal/performance management and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to meet young people's emotional needs.
• Create a positive learning environment through careful assessment and planning.
• Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).

Skills

Experience with ASC, ADHD or SEMH pupils

Good organizational skills

Ability to motivate a team

Education

NVQ 3 in Care/Level 2 Teaching Assistant Qualification

Leadership related Qualification

Job description

time left to apply End Date: August 29, 2025 (29 days left to apply)

job requisition id JR102652

Those Huge Small Victories

For children with complex, challenging needs, the level of care and education must go above and beyond. That’s what drives us, here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we’re proud to have won a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings.

Get out what you put in

As a Pastoral Manager you’ll take the lead in enabling your team to meet our young peoples’ emotional needs. Our young people have challenging complex emotional and behavioural needs [ Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Social, Emotional and Mental Health] and need more support than most. You’ll make sure they get it by applying high standards of care. It means working with families and developing programs for each individual young person. With careful assessment and planning, you’ll create a positive learning environment where every young person can thrive.

The position plays a key role in safeguarding our children and young people as you will also be the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).

With experience working with young people with BESD or ASD in a school or care setting you will understand our young people’s developmental needs and what pastoral care entails. A good listener who can motivate your team, you inspire young people to achieve. Flexibility, good organizational skills and the ability to successfully manage a team means you’ll be an asset to the Witherslack Group.

One of the best environments in SEND

Located in the rural community of Westbury, The Eaves is a tranquil setting that offers young people an environment to live, learn and grow. This beautiful site brings together education, care and therapeutic support for our young people, providing the perfect backdrop to release their full potential. We support young people with ADHD, ASD, Asperger’s, SLCN, PDA and SEMH and have recently been rated Good by Ofsted.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us, you’ll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

Training: A full induction and on the job training

Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays

Progression: If career development is your thing, most of our head teachers and leaders have been promoted from within our group

Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits
here

Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools here

A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Contributory pension scheme – matched up to 5%

Bring your whole-self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. You’ll be more than a Pastoral Manager, you’ll be able to connect with our pupils because of:

Minimum of 3 years’ experience with ASC, ADHD or SEMH pupils and with working with families in challenging circumstances and expertise to support and resolve difficulties

Experience of multi-agency work with an understanding of legislation, policies and guidance around safeguarding and child protection

NVQ 3 in Care/Level 2 Teaching Assistant Qualification

Ideally - Leadership related Qualification

Experience of staff appraisal/performance management and supervision

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please see the attached document.

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To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here .