Pastoral Leader, Witham

The Pastoral Leader role is focused on supporting the personal, emotional, behavioural, and academic development of pupils, particularly those facing barriers to education. The role involves overseeing a caseload of students, supporting attendance, behaviour, safeguarding, and reintegration into mainstream or specialist education settings.

Key responsibilities include:

• providing pastoral and behavioural support to vulnerable pupils,
• implementing trauma-informed and therapeutic approaches,
• managing safeguarding concerns alongside the DSL team,
• leading multi-agency meetings and working closely with families and external agencies,
• monitoring attendance, behaviour, and wellbeing data,
• and developing individual support, reintegration, and harm-reduction plans.

The role requires someone with strong experience working with young people in education, youth work, social care, SEND, or alternative provision settings. The ideal candidate will have:

• excellent safeguarding knowledge,
• strong emotional intelligence,
• experience managing challenging behaviour,
• and the ability to build positive relationships with pupils, families, and professionals.

The school is looking for a calm, resilient, and proactive practitioner who can maintain a strong visible