Pastoral Support Assistant

Pastoral Support Assistant

Are you a Psychology graduate looking to work with children with mental health difficulties.

Career Teachers are currently recruiting for a Pastoral Support Assistant to work in a primary alternative provision school located in Wirral. As a teaching assistant you will be supporting individuals on a one-to-one basis, with literacy, numeracy, and skills. Alternative provisions settings are for children who can't go to mainstream school, this is usually because their behaviour has become unmanageable, and could be due to mental health, trauma, bullying or other difficulties. Applicants will therefore need to be resilient with the ability to de-escalate any behavioural situations which may arise. This provision has a team of passionate and hard-working staff who are dedicated to ensure pupils make good progress with the aim of them returning to mainstream education.

Starts November on a long-term basis, hours are full-time, Monday to Friday 8:30am-15:30pm

To be considered for this position the ideal applicant will have the following;

• Experience working with children or young people (min of 3 months)
• Have a keen interest in mental health, behaviour disorders.
• Be able to set boundaries, be patient, supportive and a good listener?
• The ability to de-escalate challenging situations.
• Degree, childcare qualification desirable but not essential

Benefits of working with Career Teachers

• Free CPD
• Access to Skills Network
• Refer a friend scheme
• Recognition programme

Affinity Extra - Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Wellbeing portal.

These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:

- Attend an interview in person;

- Give details for us to complete Reference checks;

- Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients

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At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.

All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.

Benefits of working with Career Teachers

Free CPD

Access to Skills Network

Refer a friend scheme

Recognition programme

Affinity Extra - Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Wellbeing portal.

These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:

- Attend an interview in person;

- Give details for us to complete Reference checks;

- Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.