Pastoral Support

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As a Pastoral Support Worker within a Pupil Referral Unit for KS3 students, your duties will include supervising the pupils throughout the school day, to encourage the pupils to engage with their education, build rapport with the pupils, be a positive role model as well as help the pupils to understand why their education is important. On a daily basis, you will need to build trusting relationships with the pupils to provide emotional guidance and apply coping mechanisms. It is important you help create a safe environment where the students can understand how to express themselves in a positive manner. You need to ensure clear and respectable boundaries are set. On occasion you will need to be able to positively support challenging behaviours.The school is based in the Wandsworth area - their main goal is to alter the negative mindset the pupils may currently hold towards education. It is important you support the school with their aspirations and help re-engage the youth in education. The Senior Leadership Team are looking for applicants who are; patient, have a caring disposition, encourage pupils to engage in every activity, are able to reinforce positive behaviour and decisions.The school have mentioned that applicants with previous experience supporting children who display challenging behaviours is desirable. They would also consider applications from Sports Coaches, Graduates, Carers, Residential Support Workers, Youth Workers and those with the experience within the Prison system or the Military.This is a rewarding role where you will build strong working relationships with children and really make a difference by supporting secondary aged students.The ideal candidate will have school experience and be DBS cleared (or willing to apply and pay for one).If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please send over your CV, or contact Elizabeth on 0208 605 2631 for more information.All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.