Pastoral Support Assistant

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Pastoral Support Assistant

Job details

**Posted**

09 January 2025

**Salary**

**£21,000.00 - £23,000.00 per annum**

**Location**

Isleworth

**Job type**
- Permanent

**Discipline**
- Education

**Reference**

004766

**Contact**

Recruitment Team

Job description

**_At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy_**

**Role: Pastoral Support Assistant**

**Location: Syon Manor College, Isleworth**

**Salary: £21,000.00 - £23,000.00 per annum**

**Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only**

**UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.**

**As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Pastoral Support Assistant to join our close-knit team at Syon Manor College, part of Options Autism.**

**About the role**:To see the Job Description, please click here - PASTORAL SUPPORT ASSISTANT**

Enjoy a rewarding education career and have a real impact on student lives. Join an amazing team creating supportive, nurturing environments where our pupils achieve far more than they ever expected.

As a Pastoral Support Assistant you will connect directly with the brilliant pupils we care for, helping to make sure they get the very best from their education. Each individual has a diagnosis of Autism and may have additional needs. They have so much potential, and they will rely on you to guide their learning journeys bespoke to them.

You will help support the class teacher/tutor in order to ensure the delivery of a high-quality education for all students. You will support the teacher and/or tutor to all education policies and procedures are implemented in full. To support the class teacher and/or tutor in organising the classroom, its resources, student groupings and displays to provide a stimulating learning situation appropriate for students with autistic spectrum disorder.

You will face challenges and overcome them as you flourish and thrive, sharing your skills and learning from others as your career takes you as high as you always dreamed you could go.

Every day will be different, but you will have all the support you need, with lots of skills and experience to draw on along with valuable advice and guidance too.

**Who we are looking for**

You will be adaptable and ready to work in a variety of classroom roles, both indoors and outside according to individual need. Taking a responsive and caring approach, you may be running classroom activities, leading outdoor experiences or supervising students as they explore further afield.

**About us**

Syon Manor College is a new post-16 provision for students with autism and complex needs. The college will offer a broad curriculum of academic, vocational and life skills learning including BTECs, GCSEs, Functional Skills and ASDAN accreditations which will work towards Employability or Independence and Duke of Edinburgh qualifications.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. 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.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

**Why join Options Autism?**

**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
- Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

**And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils 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.**

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