Pastoral Support Worker

Long-term Teachers Ltd; Exeter; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Long-term Teachers Ltd is seeking a dedicated Pastoral Support Worker to support students with Special Educational Needs in Exeter. This role offers the chance to impact students' emotional and social well-being while providing a supportive environment. Candidates should have experience in similar roles, strong communication skills, and a passion for helping young people succeed.

Benefits

Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities

Permanent job roles

Support and advice during clearance and onboarding

Statutory employment rights, including sick pay

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year experience in a similar support role with SEN or ASD.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, equality, and diversity practices.
• Proactive and empathetic approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one and group support for students with SEN.
• Develop personalized support plans in collaboration with staff and parents.
• Monitor attendance and boost student engagement.

Skills

Communication

Relationship Building

Problem Solving

Education

Training in ADHD, emotional literacy, or mental health first aid

Job description

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Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, term time only

Salary: £12.56 per hour

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN)? We are recruiting for a Pastoral Support Worker on behalf of a highly regarded specialist education provider in Exeter.

This is an incredible opportunity to support students in overcoming barriers to learning, helping them build confidence, resilience, and essential life skills.

What you’ll be doing:

As a Pastoral Support Worker, you will play a vital role in enhancing students' emotional, social, and behavioural well-being. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing one-to-one and group support tailored to the needs of students with SEN
• Identifying and addressing emotional and behavioural challenges affecting learning
• Working closely with staff, parents, and external professionals to develop personalised support plans
• Monitoring attendance and implementing strategies to boost student engagement
• Ensuring safeguarding policies are upheld and responding to concerns appropriately

About You:

• At least 1 year of experience in a similar support role, ideally working with SEN or ASD
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• A proactive, empathetic approach with problem-solving abilities
• Knowledge of safeguarding, equality, and diversity practices
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Training in areas such as ADHD, emotional literacy, or mental health first aid
• Experience supporting individuals with learning disabilities, mental health needs, or physical disabilities
• Familiarity with alternative employment pathways (e.g., apprenticeships, internships)

Why Apply?

This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to change lives. If you’re a compassionate and dedicated professional looking for a fulfilling role in a supportive environment, we want to hear from you!

Working with Long-term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition you will receive:

• Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities
• Permanent job roles
• Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process
• Working to Agency Workers Regulations
• Interview preparation, advice and support
• Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay