Pastoral Support Teaching Assistant

Protocol Education Ltd; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A supportive educational organization is seeking a Pastoral Support Teaching Assistant in Gateshead. In this role, you will provide emotional and pastoral support to students, helping them navigate challenges and feel safe. Ideal candidates are empathetic and patient, with a warm approach to working with young people. Experience is a plus, but a genuine desire to help is essential. This is a temporary position with potential for permanent placement, offering competitive pay and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Weekly PAYE pay

Free CPD training

Supportive consultant guidance

Opportunities for growth into pastoral roles

Ability to make a difference

Qualifications

• Empathy, patience, and a warm approach are essential.
• Experience in pastoral care, youth work, or mentoring is helpful but not essential.
• A calm presence is needed for students who require grounding.

Responsibilities

• Offer emotional and pastoral support to pupils daily.
• Help students navigate challenges and build resilience.
• Support teachers to maintain a nurturing environment.

Job description

If you’re the kind of person who notices when a pupil needs a quiet check-in, a bit of reassurance or someone on their side, this role could be an ideal fit.

We’re supporting a welcoming school that’s looking for a Pastoral Support Teaching Assistant to join their team. You’ll be working closely with young people who need a little extra emotional and social support to get through the school day feeling confident and understood.

What you’ll be doing

• Offering daily emotional, pastoral and wellbeing support to pupils who need it
• Helping pupils navigate challenges, regulate their emotions and build resilience
• Checking in with students who may be struggling socially, academically or personally
• Supporting teachers and pastoral staff to maintain a nurturing, consistent environment
• Helping pupils feel safe and included in every part of school life
• Recording key information and communicating clearly with staff around you

What the school is looking for

• Someone with empathy, patience and a naturally warm approach
• A good communicator who builds trust quickly
• Experience in pastoral care, youth work, mentoring, SEND or behaviour support is helpful but not essential
• A calm, steady presence for pupils who may need grounding throughout the day
• A team player who’s proactive and great at noticing what young people might need

If you’ve supported young people before in any setting, that’s a huge plus. If not, but you’ve got the right mindset and a genuine want to help, you’ll still be welcomed.

Why join Protocol Education?

• Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella costs or hidden fees
• Free CPD, including wellbeing, behaviour, SEN and safeguarding modules
• A supportive consultant who’ll guide you through the whole process
• Opportunities to grow into pastoral roles, mentoring, SEN support and more
• A setting where you can make a real difference each day

If this sounds like the job role for you please send across your CV.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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