Overview
Pastoral Assistant at Bankside School, part of Options Autism (Outcomes First Group).
Salary: £22,440.00 per annum (not pro rata). Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.00pm. Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only. Start Date: October 2025. UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.
Location: Bankside School, Hanley Castle WR8 0AD.
About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a Pastoral Assistant who is passionate about supporting pupils with varied and complex needs. The role is both challenging and rewarding, offering the chance to make a genuine difference in the lives of our pupils. At Bankside, safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do. Pupils are listened to, respected, and actively involved in decisions about their education and wellbeing. We are looking for someone who shares our vision to build incredible futures by empowering students to be happy, confident, and ready to make their way in the world.
Key Responsibilities
* Report to the senior leadership team on behaviour trends and support whole-school communication and behaviour strategies.
* Assist with reintegration of pupils back into lessons following incidents or time out of class.
* Implement agreed strategies to manage and improve pupil behaviour.
* Monitor and analyse pupil behaviour using the online behaviour management system.
* Provide an on-call response to support teaching staff when required.
* Liaise with teachers to ensure pupils are supported in meeting their learning objectives.
* Uphold safeguarding standards, acting as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Person to support the Safeguarding Lead.
* Contribute to regular CPD by supporting training on communication and behaviour strategies.
Essential
* Strong literacy and numeracy skills.
* Experience working in an educational environment with a range of pupils.
* Proven experience supporting pupils with additional learning needs and managing challenging behaviour.
About Us
Bankside School is an exciting new venture near Hanley Castle, Worcester. Our new specialist school caters for students aged 11-18 with Autism, Complex needs and learning disabilities. Outcomes First Group provides care and education to pupils and adults with autism and related needs. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people; all applicants will be subject to enhanced DBS checks and safeguarding checks.
Benefits
* Your health and wellbeing are important — you’ll receive a competitive reward package including Life Assurance and a Pension scheme with options to increase contributions.
* Access to mental health support services and health checks through "Your Wellbeing Matters".
* Market-leading benefits via Vista, including a wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits, discount options, Cycle to Work, Electric Car Purchase Scheme, critical illness cover, and family growth support.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Additionally, you’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay as part of the 4-Day Working Week trial (4DWW) subject to probation and not a contractual benefit.
Outcomes First Group is committed to a fair, thorough recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. All stages are subject to safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements.
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