Trauma-Informed Pastoral Support Assistant

Isebrook School; Kettering; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Isebrook School is seeking a compassionate, resilient Pastoral Support Assistant to join our dedicated pastoral team. This role focuses on safeguarding, wellbeing and building positive, therapeutic relationships with students who have SEND, in a rights-respecting, trauma-informed environment.

You will work with students, families and external agencies to remove barriers to learning, support emotional regulation and resilience, and promote successful engagement and transitions across the school.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children and young people within a SEND or specialist setting.
• Ability to build positive, trusting, therapeutic relationships with students.
• Understanding the impact of trauma, attachment and additional needs on learning and behaviour.
• Commitment to a Rights Respecting, trauma-informed and relational approach.
• Ability to support students with emotional regulation, wellbeing and engagement.
• Confident working with families and external professionals.
• Values student voice and promotes inclusion and participation, including Total Communication approaches.

Responsibilities

• Providing individual and small-group pastoral support.
• Supporting students' emotional wellbeing, self-regulation and resilience.
• Implementing strategies from One Page Profiles, Stages of Distress Profiles and other student-centred documents.
• Using Thrive and trauma-informed approaches to remove barriers to learning.
• Supporting attendance, engagement and successful transitions.
• Working in partnership with families and external agencies.
• Contributing to safeguarding and welfare support for vulnerable students.
• Supporting students during educational visits and community activities.
• Using de-escalation, co-regulation and approved physical intervention strategies in line with school policy and training.

Job description

Isebrook School is seeking a compassionate, resilient Pastoral Support Assistant to join our dedicated pastoral team. This role focuses on safeguarding, wellbeing and building positive, therapeutic relationships with students who have SEND, in a rights-respecting, trauma-informed environment.

You will work with students, families and external agencies to remove barriers to learning, support emotional regulation and resilience, and promote successful engagement and transitions across the school.