Personalised Learning Centre Co-ordinator - Pastoral Support

Teaching Vacancies; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities

Flexible family policies

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is seeking a Personalised Learning Centre Co-ordinator - Pastoral Support to lead the PLC, coordinate bespoke support pathways for vulnerable students, and deliver alternative courses and interventions.

You will work with SLT and the Academy Inclusion Team to tailor timetables, liaise with external services, and develop SMART action plans to remove barriers to learning while mentoring students toward further education or employment.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a school with vulnerable young people.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Proficiency in using standard ICT packages.
• Ability to develop programmes of work to build self-esteem and confidence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management of the Personalised Learning Centre (PLC).
• Identify and deliver alternative courses and intervention strategies.
• Provide personalised timetables for individual students and groups.
• Collaborate with SLT and Inclusion Team and external services.
• Develop time-bound action plans with SMART targets.
• Mentor students to remove barriers to learning.
• Undertake necessary student testing (e.g., Lucid).
• Support pupils toward further education, apprenticeships or employment.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Organisation

ICT proficiency

Mentoring

Job description

Personalised Learning Centre Co-ordinator - Pastoral Support

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you dedicated to transforming the educational outcomes for vulnerable students through bespoke support pathways? Join us as a PLC Coordinator, where you will lead the management of the Personalised Learning Centre (PLC) and strategically identify and deliver alternative courses and intervention strategies relevant to specific student cohorts. This role requires a proactive approach to multi-agency collaboration, a passion for mentoring, and a focus on removing barriers to learning.

Working as part of the personalised learning support team, you will promote the learning and welfare of vulnerable students with a view to achieving full integration back into mainstream school. This is a challenging but rewarding role for the right candidate.

You will work closely with SLT and the Academy Inclusion Team to manage the PLC and provide appropriate and personalised timetables for individual students and groups. You will also deliver alternative courses to cohorts of students to provide them with relevant qualifications.

This role may appeal to Higher Level Teaching Assistants or KS1,2 or 3 aspiring teachers.

As part of a growing multi-academy trust, the successful candidate will be well supported and have access to a range of high quality professional development through the Outwood Institute of Education.

You will identify student cohorts for the alternative curriculum and deliver relevant courses to provide them with necessary qualifications. A core component of the role is extensive external liaison, acting as the single point of contact for accessing specialist support services such as the Social and Youth Services, the Education Welfare Service, and the Probation Service. You will develop and implement time-bound action plans with SMART targets to remove barriers to learning, establish and maintain supportive mentoring relationships, and undertake necessary student testing (e.g., Lucid).

The role involves supporting and encouraging pupils toward further education, apprenticeships, or employment.

Qualifications

Essential requirements include experience of working in a school environment with young people who have faced specific difficulties and vulnerabilities. Candidates must demonstrate experience and knowledge of issues affecting students and young people, enabling them to offer supportive assistance.

Key skills include the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences, excellent time management and organisation skills, and proficiency in using standard ICT packages. Crucially, the post holder must be able to develop programmes of work that will develop self-esteem and confidence.

What the school offers its staff

What will we do for you?

We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work-life balance:

• Secure Pay & Pension: Competitive salary, automatic pay progression, and enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Training & Progression: Access to diverse CPD opportunities, including apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.
• Flexibility & Leave: Flexible family policies, enhanced occupational benefits (with no qualifying period), and 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays for non-term time staff. (Holiday for part-time staff is calculated on a pro-rata basis)
• Wellbeing & Perks: Dedicated mental well-being strategy, free on-site parking, employee discounts, and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.