Pastoral Support Worker

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Job Title:         Pastoral Support Worker

Location:        Glebedale School, Stoke on Trent

Salary:       from £17,561.25 per annum 

Hours:       37.5 hours per week;  Monday to Friday

Contract:         Permanent Term Time only

 Are you committed to improving the lives of children and young people?

 We are looking for an experienced Pastoral Support Worker to join our fantastic team at Glebedale School, Stoke on Trent.

As a Pastoral Support Worker your role will be to create and maintain a purposeful, structured, and nurturing environment where pupils feel safe to learn. Leading and modelling best practice and driving strategies which support pupils’ personal development.

This is a great opportunity for a Pastoral Support Worker who is looking to continue their career in Education and is motivated to inspire learning in children with varied and complex needs. Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure and you will be working in a school where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where pupils are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible.

We need people who share our vision to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK, to be happy and to make their way in the world.

You should be educated to GCSE grade C or above in Maths and English or be willing to work towards these qualifications. You will be calm, engaging, resilient, enjoy working as part of a team, and be genuinely motivated by helping every child to reach their potential.

About us

Glebedale School is an independent school offering specialist provision for pupils with social emotional and mental health difficulties. We work with boys and girls from aged 7 upwards. In July 2018 we were rated "good" by Ofsted and "Outstanding" for Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare.

Acorn Education & Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable children and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Acorn Education and Care?​

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.