Pastoral Lead – Mansfield – Permanent
Salary: £27,463 – £29,982 per year based on 40 hours per week
Contract: Full time, term time only, permanent position.
Start date: As soon as possible or September 2026
School Staffing Solutions are working with an independent SEN school in Mansfield who require a Pastoral Lead. The school provide creative educational solutions for children and young people, between the ages of 7 and 19, who may be “lost to learning” or “hard to place”.
Key Responsibilities
As our Pastoral Lead, you will play a central role in creating a safe, nurturing and inclusive environment where students can thrive. You will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams, parents/carers and external agencies to remove barriers to learning and ensure every young person feels supported, valued and heard
Your work will include:
- Providing daily pastoral and wellbeing support
- Offering conflict resolution, mediation and de-briefs
- Delivering 1:1 interventions and tutorial support
- Supporting attendance, behaviour and safeguarding processes
- Facilitating student voice activities including student council, questionnaires and meetings
- Supporting PSHE delivery and whole-school wellbeing initiatives
- Building strong, positive relationships with parents, carers and the wider community
- Attending multi-agency and safeguarding meetings
- Recording, monitoring and analysing pastoral data to inform student programmes
- Providing cover and line management where require
The successful candidate will have:
- A Level 3 qualification (or above) in a relevant area
- English and Maths at Level 2
- Extensive experience in a pastoral or wellbeing role
- Experience supporting young people with SEND, ASC or mental health needs
- A strong understanding of safeguarding in education
- The ability to remain calm, reflective and solution-focused in challenging situations
- Experience using a range of strategies to de-escalate behaviour
- A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience in a school, AP or college environment is desirable but not essential.
Benefits:
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Staff Referral Scheme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Access to a blue light discount card
- Fully funded training and qualifications for all colleagues
- Enhanced pay scales based on experience and qualifications
- Employee benefits scheme such as wellbeing app and a range of discounts
- Life assurance
Get in touch with Amy on amy@school-staff.co.uk or 07442087457 for an application form and/or if you’d simply like to learn more about the role!
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, suitable employment references and online searches to safeguard our young people. In addition, this post is exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders act 1974.
School staffing solutions are acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.
