Pastoral Support / SEMH Teaching Asssitant

Tradewind Recruitment LTD.; Little Lever; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Tradewind Recruitment LTD. is hiring a compassionate Pastoral Teaching Assistant to support a primary pupil in the Little Lever area. You will provide pastoral and learning support, helping regulate emotions and re-engage with class learning.

Ideal candidates will have SEN or learning support experience, strong relationship-building skills and the ability to implement brain breaks and regulation strategies within a supportive school setting in Bolton.

Qualifications

• Experience in pastoral support or mentoring.
• Experience in SEN or learning support.
• Experience supporting children's emotional wellbeing.
• Experience with emotional regulation and positive behaviour strategies.
• Ability to build relationships with children facing difficulties.
• Experience providing brain breaks and regulation strategies.
• Experience helping children overcome barriers to learning.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual pastoral and learning support.
• Build a strong, positive, trusting relationship with the child.
• Support emotional wellbeing and regulation.
• Provide brain breaks and opportunities for regulation.
• Help the child re-engage with learning after dysregulation.
• Support confidence, resilience and positive relationships.
• Identify barriers to learning and implement strategies.
• Work closely with the class teacher and wider pastoral/SEN team.
• Encourage independence and positive engagement with school.

Skills

Pastoral support

SEN experience

Emotional wellbeing

Learning support

Behaviour strategies

Brain breaks

Job description

Pastoral Teaching Assistant - Emotional Wellbeing & Learning Support (SEMH)

Location: Leverhulme, Bolton

Salary: £95-£110 per day, dependent on experience

Contract: Long-term, full-time, with potential for a permanent position

Start Date: ASAP

Tradewind Recruitment are currently seeking a compassionate and experienced Pastoral Teaching Assistant to join a supportive primary school in the Little Lever area of Bolton.

The Role

• Providing individual pastoral and learning support.
• Building a strong, positive and trusting relationship with the child.
• Supporting emotional wellbeing and regulation.
• Providing appropriate brain breaks and opportunities for regulation.
• Helping the child to re-engage with learning following periods of dysregulation.
• Supporting confidence, resilience and positive relationships.
• Identifying barriers to learning and implementing appropriate strategies.
• Working closely with the class teacher and wider pastoral/SEN team.
• Encouraging independence and positive engagement with school.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will ideally have experience in:

• Pastoral support or mentoring.
• SEN or learning support.
• Supporting children's emotional wellbeing.
• Emotional regulation and positive behaviour strategies.
• Building strong relationships with children who may have experienced difficult circumstances.
• Providing structured brain breaks and regulation strategies.
• Supporting children to overcome barriers to learning.

You will need to be:

• Calm and patient.
• Empathetic and non-judgemental.
• Consistent and reliable.
• Resilient and emotionally intelligent.
• Able to build trust while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Confident balancing pastoral support with learning expectations.

Attention: This is initially a long-term role with the potential to become permanent. The school would be particularly interested in hearing from experienced pastoral practitioners, teaching assistants, learning mentors or SEN professionals who feel they could make a genuine difference to this child.

The school has excellent transport links and is easy accessible from surrounding areas of Bury, Wigan and Salford.