Pastoral Assistant

Location: Stocton Locality

Hours: Monday to Friday Full Time 8.30 to 16.00

About the role:

As a Pastoral Support Assistant you’ll help the school meet their young peoples’ emotional needs. The Schools young people have challenging complex emotional and behavioural needs [Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Social, Emotional and Mental Health] and need more support than most. You’ll make sure they get it by applying high standards of care. It means working with families and developing programs for each individual young person. With careful assessment and planning, you’ll create a positive learning environment where every young person can thrive.

With experience working with young people with BESD or ASD in a school or care setting you will understand their young peoples developmental needs and what pastoral care entails. A good listener who can motivate and work in a team, you inspire young people to achieve. Flexibility and good organizational skills mean you’ll be an asset to the school.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a school with a recent Ofsted rating of Good and has established the school as one of the leading specialist provisions in the North East.

Experience Required:

The schools young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs their workforce reflects that diversity, so that their teams can engage, encourage and inspire young people to be themselves. You’ll be more than a Pastoral Assistant, you’ll be able to connect with our pupils because of:

• Previous experience with ASC, ADHD or SEMH pupils and with working with families in challenging circumstances and expertise to support and resolve difficulties
• Experience of multi-agency work with an understanding of legislation, policies and guidance around safeguarding and child protection
• Ideally - NVQ 3 in Care/Level 2 Teaching Assistant Qualification

Interested in the role? of the answer is yes then please apply now!