Pastoral Support Worker

Line Manager: Assistant Principal Reporting to: Assistant Principal Salary: Grade 6 (£30,024 to £32,597) Contract: Term time only (39 weeks a year fte). Permanent. Hours of work: 32.5 hours per week Abbey View School is an alternative provision school, catering for up to 48 pupils (age 11 to 16) who are at risk of exclusion from mainstream education. Abbey View School provides its students with a chance to reflect and reform within a happy, safe and supportive environment, which promotes sound emotional well-being and safe lifestyles.  Our curriculum is designed in such a way to fill the educational gaps that our students so often have. Rather than pushing forward with a mainstream curriculum that has already failed our learners, we focus on creating something bespoke for our students.   We are seeking to appoint a Pastoral Support Worker for our unique school. Our school is unique and our learners seek connections with the adults in front of them.  The ideal applicant would have had experience working with young people who have experienced significant A.C.Es and have a passion for building connections with students who have experienced significant challenges in life.  We provide a happy environment for staff and students alike.     We strongly encourage potential applicants to visit before applying.  To arrange a visit please contact: Nadya Mounsor, Office Manager, nadya.mounsor@abbey-view.org.uk.   Applications through My New Term via our website www.abbeyviewschool.co.uk. Closing date is Monday 13th July 2026. Previous candidates need not apply. Abbey View is committed to equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to satisfactory Enhanced DBS certification and other relevant pre-employment checks. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website