**£27,520 - £31,849 + Excellent benefits**
**Those Huge Small Victories**
For children with complex, challenging needs, the level of care and education
must go above and beyond.
That's what drives us, here at Witherslack Group.
With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we're proud to
have won a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings.
**Get out what you put in**
As a Pastoral Support Assistant you'll help us meet our young peoples'
emotional needs.
Our young people have challenging complex emotional and
behavioural needs (Autistic Spectrum DisorderSocial, Emotional and Mental
Health) and need more support than most.
You'll make sure they get it by
applying high standards of care.
It means working with families and developing
programs for each individual young person.
With careful assessment and
planning, you'll create a positive learning environment where every young
person can thrive.
With experience working with young people with BESD or ASD in a school or care
setting you will understand our 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 Witherslack Group.
**One of the best environments in SEND**
Queensmead House School is located on a historic site with views of Windsor
Castle.
This inspiring setting, with a rich heritage of education, is now home
to a specialist learning environment recently rated Good by Ofsted.
QHS is an independent specialist day school, with both primary and secondary
settings providing high quality education.
The school meets the needs of a
diverse group of pupils with complex educational needs, communication
difficulties and challenging behaviours.
**What we do for you**
We know you're going to do great things.
For your hard work and commitment, we
reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector.
With us, you'll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to
the lives of our young people – plus you'll get:
* **Training:** A full induction and on the job training
* **Holiday:** You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays
* **Progression:** If career development is your thing, most of our head teachers and leaders have been promoted from within our group
* **Flexible benefits:** meaning you can increasedecrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits (here)( * **Wellbeing:** a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
* **Medical cover** so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
* **Beautiful working environments** with the very best facilities – check out our schools (here)( * A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time
* **Contributory pension scheme** – matched up to 5%
**Bring your whole-self to work**
Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with
different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams
can engage, encourage and inspire our 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 CareLevel 2 Teaching Assistant Qualification
**Interested in joining us?
**
Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about
our teams.
You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led
employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.
_The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare
of its young people.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will
cover the cost) and an online search.
We are an equal opportunities employer
welcoming applications from all sections of the community._
_For a full job description and person specification, please see the attached
document._
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_To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the Parents and Carers
section of this SchoolLearning centre.
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with Children SEMH SEN ASD_