Pastoral Practitioner — SEMH & Behaviour Support Lead

Outcomes First Group; Southampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Dibden Park School, part of Outcomes First Group, seeks a dedicated Pastoral Practitioner to support pupils with SEMH needs in a new independent specialist school in Southampton. You will deliver front-line pastoral care, help manage behaviour and work with families and external agencies to secure positive outcomes.

The role focuses on building resilience, emotional regulation, and engagement, with small class sizes and a supportive, multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Driving licence is required.
• Experience with children/young people with social, emotional and behavioural needs is essential.
• Ability to build positive, trusting relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Provide front-line pastoral and behaviour support, responding to incidents and helping pupils return to learning.
• Work 1:1 with identified pupils to build resilience, emotional regulation and engagement in education.
• Implement and promote consistent behaviour management strategies in line with the Behaviour Policy.
• Monitor, record, and analyse behaviour data, maintaining incident records, risk assessments and intervention plans.
• Support teaching staff with behaviour management and provide on-call assistance to minimise disruption to learning.
• Liaise with families, carers, school staff and external agencies to coordinate effective pupil support.
• Supervise pupils during unstructured times and encourage positive behaviour and participation in school life.

Skills

Driving licence

SEMH experience

1:1 support

Job description

Dibden Park School, part of Outcomes First Group, seeks a dedicated Pastoral Practitioner to support pupils with SEMH needs in a new independent specialist school in Southampton. You will deliver front-line pastoral care, help manage behaviour and work with families and external agencies to secure positive outcomes.

The role focuses on building resilience, emotional regulation, and engagement, with small class sizes and a supportive, multidisciplinary team.