Pastoral Support Worker

Stansfield Academy; Exeter; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Wave Academy Trust is seeking an outstanding Pastoral Support Worker to support pupils with additional needs and promote positive behaviour and engagement. The role emphasises a whole-family approach, teamwork with staff, and safeguarding responsibilities within a supportive school environment.

The post focuses on helping students develop social and interpersonal skills while reinforcing the school's values and attendance objectives. DBS checks and safeguarding compliance are required.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting pupils with additional needs.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs.
• Promote consistent school attendance and engagement with education.
• Contribute to safeguarding of children and young people.

Job description

We are looking to appoint an outstanding, dynamic Pastoral Support Worker who embodies the Trust’s values; people who have diverse experiences, as well as a passion for working with young people with additional needs.

Our ideal candidate will have excellent teamwork and communication skills, boundless patience and resilience and the ability and enthusiasm to make a difference with pupils who have a range of social, emotional and mental health needs.

This unique and rewarding role works under the direction of the Senior Leadership Team and will complement the work of the Pastoral Support Manager. Using a ‘whole family’ approach and focusing on the strengths and difficulties within the family; the Pastoral Support Worker will enable parents’ recognition that their children’s cognitive development and learning is important, as is th instilling of values, aspirations and support for the development of wider interpersonal and social skills. Whilst promoting the importance of consistent school attendance and engagement with education.

The Pastoral Support Worker plays a crucial part in the effective safeguarding of children and young people.

For a full list of duties, please see the job description below.

Wave Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for allapplicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 2020& 2023).This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to bedisclosedto employers, and if they aredisclosed, employers cannot take them into account.Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should bedisclosedcan be found on the Ministry of Justice