Behavioural, Pastoral and on Call Support

Behavioural, Pastoral & On-Call Support – Secondary School

Location: Darwen
Position: Behavioural, Pastoral & On-Call Support
Hours: Full-time, 8:30am–4:45pm, Monday to Friday
Start Date: As soon as possible

Bridge Education is currently recruiting for an experienced, confident and committed Behavioural, Pastoral & On-Call Support professional to join a secondary school in Darwen.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong background in behaviour management, pastoral support, youth work, education or safeguarding who is passionate about helping young people overcome barriers to learning and achieve their full potential.

The successful candidate will play an important role within the school’s pastoral and behaviour team, supporting students throughout the school day and responding to on-call situations when additional support is required.

You will work closely with teaching staff, pastoral leaders, senior leadership and other support staff to promote positive behaviour and ensure students feel safe, supported and able to engage with their education.

Your day-to-day responsibilities may include:

• Providing targeted behavioural and pastoral support to students across the school.
• Responding promptly to on-call requests and supporting staff with behavioural incidents.
• Supporting students who may display challenging, disruptive or difficult behaviour.
• Using effective de-escalation and behaviour management techniques to prevent situations from escalating.
• Building positive, professional relationships with students and acting as a consistent and trusted adult.
• Supporting students to understand and take responsibility for their behaviour.
• Helping students return to lessons following incidents and supporting successful reintegration.
• Working with students who may require additional emotional, social or behavioural support.
• Supporting the school’s behaviour policies, expectations and routines.
• Monitoring student behaviour and providing appropriate feedback to pastoral and teaching teams.
• Working with staff to identify triggers and develop appropriate strategies to support individual students.
• Providing one-to-one and small-group support where required.
• Assisting with interventions designed to improve behaviour, attendance, engagement and wellbeing.
• Maintaining accurate records of incidents, interventions and student progress.
• Supporting safeguarding procedures and reporting concerns appropriately.
• Helping maintain a calm, safe and positive environment throughout the school.
• Supporting the wider pastoral team with duties as required.

The Ideal Candidate

The school is looking for someone who is calm, confident, resilient and consistent when working with young people.
You will ideally have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Secondary education.
• Behaviour support.
• Pastoral support.
• Youth work.
• Teaching assistant or learning support.
• SEMH or additional needs provision.
• Residential or community youth support.
• Safeguarding or student welfare.

You do not necessarily need to have worked in exactly the same role before. What is essential is that you have the confidence, patience and interpersonal skills to manage challenging situations and build positive relationships with young people.

You should be:

• Confident managing challenging behaviour.
• Calm and professional under pressure.
• Patient, approachable and empathetic.
• Consistent in your approach to behaviour management.
• Able to establish clear boundaries while maintaining positive relationships.
• A strong communicator who can work effectively with students and staff.
• Reliable, punctual and committed to working full-time.
• Able to use initiative and make sensible decisions in challenging situations.
• Passionate about helping young people develop and succeed.
• Comfortable working as part of a wider pastoral and safeguarding team.

If you are looking for a rewarding role where no two days are the same and you can make a real difference to young people’s lives, we would love to hear from you.
Apply Today If you have the experience, confidence and commitment required for this role, apply today to be considered for this exciting opportunity in Darwen.
Immediate start available for the right candidate. 

Safeguarding & Compliance 
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and candidates to share this commitment. 
Our recruitment processes follow Safer Recruitment guidelines in line with current legislation, including Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and Working Together to Safeguard Children. All appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, including references and an enhanced DBS check. 
We are also committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, and are happy to make reasonable adjustments where required. 

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We’re proud to be an inclusive employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds and committed to creating accessible opportunities across education.
 
As part of our registration process, you’ll need an enhanced DBS check and we’ll need to see and copy your original qualifications before any placement. Teaching roles require Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.