Pastoral Care Assistant
Pastoral Care Assistant
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Job Description
29028- 33496 excellent benefits
Those Huge Small Victories
For children with complex challenging needs the level of care and education must go above and beyond. Thats what drives us here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams were proud to have won a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings.
Get out what you put in
As a Pastoral Support Assistant youll help us meet our young peoples emotional needs. Our young people have challenging complex emotional and behavioural needs Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Social Emotional and Mental Health and need more support than most. Youll 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 youll 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 our 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 youll be an asset to the Witherslack Group.
One of the best environments in SEND
Having joined Witherslack Group in 2022 Greenholm School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education based in South West London. The school meets the needs of pupils with autism and additional needs such as ADHD speech and language difficulties sensory issues and associated behavioural difficulties and was recently rated Good by Ofsted.
What we do for you
We know youre going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us youll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people plus youll get:
Training: A full induction and on the job training
Holiday: Youll work hard at WG so youll be rewarded with full school holidays
Progression: If career development is your thing most of our head teachers and leaders have been promoted from within our group
Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance check out our benefits here
Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities check out our schools here
A recommend a friend scheme that offers a 1000 bonus every time
Contributory pension scheme matched up to 5%
Bring your whole-self to work
Our young people come from all walks of life diverse backgrounds and with different needs and our workforce reflects that diversity so that our teams can engage encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. Youll be more than a Pastoral Assistant youll 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 joining us
Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want with a purpose-led employer in an environment that allows you to be yourself.
The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.
For a full job description and person specification please see the attached document.
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To view our Child Protection Policy please visit the Parents and Carers section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.
Employment Type
Full-Time
