Job Description
£24,404 - £28,624 + excellent benefits \n\nThose Huge Small Victories\n\nFor children with complex, challenging needs, the level of care and education must go above and beyond. That’s what drives us, here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we’re proud to have won a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings.\n\nGet out what you put in\n\nAs a Pastoral Support Assistant you’ll 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. 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.\n\nWith 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 you’ll be an asset to the Witherslack Group.\n\nOne of the best environments in SEND\n\nThe transformational effect of Avon Park School is consistently witnessed by parents, carers and professionals alike.
The school’s ability to connect and engage with pupils is a result of its strong ethos of “high expectations and aspirations for every child” – and recently achieved an Outstanding rating by Ofsted.\n\nAll school staff, including teaching, pastoral and therapy, work in a truly collaborative way to ensure each pupil not only develops academically but also emotionally and personally. This ‘whole school’ commitment sees pupils with ADHD, ASD, Asperger’s or SEMH grow into capable and confident young people who want to succeed. \n\nWhat we do for you\n\nWe know you’re 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, you’ll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:\n\nTraining: A full induction and on the job training\n\nHoliday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays\n\nProgression: If career development is your thing, most of our head teachers and leaders have been promoted from within our group\n\nFlexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits \n\nWellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance\n\nMedical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts\n\nBeautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools \n\nA recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time\n\nContributory pension scheme – matched up to 5%\n\nBring your whole-self to work\n\nOur 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. You’ll be more than a Pastoral Assistant, you’ll be able to connect with our pupils because of:\n\nPrevious experience with ASC, ADHD or SEMH pupils and with working with families in challenging circumstances and expertise to support and resolve difficulties\n\nExperience of multi-agency work with an understanding of legislation, policies and guidance around safeguarding and child protection\n\nIdeally - NVQ 3 in Care/Level 2 Teaching Assistant Qualification\n\nInterested in joining us?\n\nOur 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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nFor a full job description and person specification, please see the attached document.\n\nFor a full job description and person specification, please click \n\nTo view our ex-offenders policy please click .\n\n \n\nTo view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools