Pastoral Support / SEMH Teaching Asssitant

Pastoral Teaching Assistant - Emotional Wellbeing & Learning Support (SEMH)

Location: Leverhulme, Bolton Salary: £95-£110 per day, dependent on experience Contract: Long-term, full-time, with potential for a permanent position Start Date: ASAP

Tradewind Recruitment are currently seeking a compassionate and experienced Pastoral Teaching Assistant to join a supportive primary school in the Little Lever area of Bolton.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate with experience in pastoral care, SEN, SEMH, or emotional wellbeing support who can combine nurturing pastoral support with helping a child engage successfully with their learning.

The child has experienced significant challenges and requires a consistent, trusted adult who can provide emotional support, encouragement and appropriate learning support throughout the school day.

The Role

• Providing individual pastoral and learning support.
• Building a strong, positive and trusting relationship with the child.
• Supporting emotional wellbeing and regulation.
• Providing appropriate brain breaks and opportunities for regulation .
• Helping the child to re-engage with learning following periods of dysregulation.
• Supporting confidence, resilience and positive relationships.
• Identifying barriers to learning and implementing appropriate strategies.
• Working closely with the class teacher and wider pastoral/SEN team.
• Encouraging independence and positive engagement with school.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will ideally have experience in:

• Pastoral support or mentoring .
• SEN or learning support.
• Supporting children's emotional wellbeing.
• Emotional regulation and positive behaviour strategies.
• Building strong relationships with children who may have experienced difficult circumstances.
• Providing structured brain breaks and regulation strategies .
• Supporting children to overcome barriers to learning.

You will need to be:

• Calm and patient.
• Empathetic and non-judgemental.
• Consistent and reliable.
• Resilient and emotionally intelligent.
• Able to build trust while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Confident balancing pastoral support with learning expectations .

This is initially a long-term role with the potential to become permanent .

The school would be particularly interested in hearing from experienced pastoral practitioners, teaching assistants, learning mentors or SEN professionals who feel they could make a genuine difference to this child. The school has excellent transport links and is easy accessible from surrounding areas of Bury, Wigan and Salford.

Apply today through Tradewind Recruitment. #INDMANC