Pastoral Assistant

**Hours: Monday to Friday Full Time 8.30 to 16.00**

**About the role**:
With experience working with young people with BESD or ASD in a school or care setting you will understand their 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 school.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a school with a recent Ofsted rating of Good and has established the school as one of the leading specialist provisions in the North East.

**Experience Required**:
The schools young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs their workforce reflects that diversity, so that their teams can engage, encourage and inspire young people to be themselves. You’ll be more than a Pastoral Assistant, you’ll be able to connect with our pupils because of:

- Previous experience with ASC, ADHD or SEMH pupils and with working with families in challenging circumstances and expertise to support and resolve difficulties
- Experience of multi-agency work with an understanding of legislation, policies and guidance around safeguarding and child protection
- Ideally - NVQ 3 in Care/Level 2 Teaching Assistant Qualification

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further 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.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

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