Job Description

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Pastoral Support professional who is passionate about promoting student wellbeing, improving attendance, and helping young people overcome barriers to learning?

Reeson Education are recruiting a skilled Pastoral Support professional to work in a supportive and inclusive school environment in Sheffield (S9) starting from September 2026. This role is ideal for an experienced education or pastoral professional who can build positive relationships with pupils, families, and staff while supporting students' personal, social, and emotional development.

About the Pastoral Support Role:

As a Pastoral Support professional, you will work closely with students who require additional emotional, behavioural, or pastoral guidance. You will play a key role in promoting positive wellbeing, improving engagement, and creating a safe and supportive learning environment where every student can succeed.

Key Responsibilities as Pastoral Support:

• Student Wellbeing: Provide individual and small-group pastoral support to promote students' emotional wellbeing, resilience, and personal development.
• Attendance & Engagement: Support strategies to improve attendance, punctuality, behaviour, and engagement with learning.
• Behaviour & Emotional Support: Work proactively with students experiencing behavioural or emotional challenges, helping them develop positive coping strategies and decision-making skills.
• Progress Monitoring: Monitor student wellbeing, attendance, behaviour, and pastoral outcomes, maintaining accurate records and providing regular updates to school staff.
• Multi-Agency Collaboration: Work closely with teachers, pastoral leaders, safeguarding teams, parents, carers, and external agencies to provide coordinated support for students.

To succeed as Pastoral Support, you will need:

• Previous experience working in a pastoral, behaviour, mentoring, youth work, education, or safeguarding role.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to build positive, professional relationships with students, families, and colleagues.
• A calm, empathetic, and resilient approach when supporting young people.
• An enhanced DBS on the update service, or willingness to apply through Reeson Education.

Benefits as Pastoral Support:

• Competitive daily rate of 105- 130, depending on experience.
• Flexible full-time and part-time opportunities.
• Access to ongoing professional development and specialist pastoral training.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• The opportunity to make a lasting and meaningful impact on students' wellbeing, engagement, and educational success.

Please note: This role requires strong safeguarding awareness. All applicants must meet full safer-recruitment requirements, including holding an enhanced DBS on the update service or being willing to obtain one.

As an ethical and independent recruitment agency, Reeson Education provide high-quality teaching and support staff across the UK.

For more information or to apply for the Pastoral Support role, please contact our consultant Mitch Stringer:

Email:
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We look forward to welcoming a dedicated and compassionate Pastoral Support professional to our team.

Reeson Education:

Reeson Education is England's Premier Recruitment Agency. Established in 2006 by experienced teachers, education professionals and recruitment specialists, we have built our business and reputation on the cores values of honesty, integrity and excellence.

We care about education and the provision of education and have established an excellent reputation with schools and teachers alike.

At Reeson Education we work closely with a large network of Nurseries, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across England. Our client base provides us with an abundance of available daily supply, long term and permanent opportunities across all age groups in all areas of London.

Reeson Education is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Please note, where a salary or daily rate range is stated, the higher rate applies to candidates who meet the enhanced experience, training or qualification requirements specified within the advert. All daily/hourly rates quoted are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07%