Pastoral Support Worker - Wigston Term Time Only

What skills are we looking for:

• Experience of supporting young people/vulnerable adults with a range of social, emotional and behaviour needs using different support strategies
• Experience of working to challenging targets
• Achieved or working towards a Safeguarding qualification, Level 2 equivalent
• Minimum of Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy skills
• Minimum of Level 2 IT Skills

Responsibilities for the role:

• To work with students on an agreed basis to ensure that their pastoral and welfare needs are met.
• To develop an understanding of the specific needs of the students and to support the development of strategies to meet their needs.
• To support and advocate for specific students at external meetings to enable them to engage and share their views about issues affecting their emotional and physical health and well-being.
• To develop a good working relationship with Curriculum teams and Personal Development Coaches.
• When required, undertake appropriate duties on behalf of the Team Leader Pastoral Support which may include attending professional meetings with external partners regarding welfare and safeguarding matters relating to your identified caseload.
• To work closely with the Wellbeing Hub Co-ordinators and Safeguarding Team to enable students to access appropriate internal and external support.
• To use behaviour management strategies, (in line with the College’s policy and procedures)   and report issues appropriately to ensure support is made available.

The Location: The post will be based at our Wigston Campus.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Andy, Katy or Lindsay by emailing: safe@nwslc.ac.uk

Why Should You Apply?

• The pay we’re offering is £18,517 
• We offer great holidays and access to the Local Government Pension
• We offer great staff development opportunities
• Family friendly policies and procedures

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do. We are committed to these values, and they are central to our mission. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment, please contact the recruiting manager.

We aim to support our employees in achieving a healthy work-life balance. We recognise that many of our employees have responsibilities and are committed to providing support for our employees. We are working hard to support flexible and new ways of working where possible and offer a wide range of benefits.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references’.

'Please apply as soon as you can as we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a suitable number of applications.'

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