Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
16/06/2026
About this job
2.2 Pastoral Support (Teaching Assistant) Grade G01 (NJC SCP 3–4) Salary (FTE): £24,796 – £25,185 (Pay Award Pending) Actual Salary: £17,853 – £18,133 31 Hours per Week Term Time Only 5 Training Days Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people with Additional Learning Needs?
Ysgol Maes Hyfryd is seeking compassionate, resilient, and motivated individuals to join our dedicated pastoral support team.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly supportive and forward-thinking special school environment where inclusion, wellbeing, communication, and positive relationships are central to everything we do.
This rewarding role involves supporting pupils with behavioural, emotional, wellbeing, and learning needs both within the classroom and across wider school activities.
You will work closely with teachers, therapists, families, and other professionals to help pupils develop confidence, independence, emotional regulation, and engagement in learning.
The successful candidate will:
- Provide individual and small-group support for pupils with ALN
- Support pupils’ emotional wellbeing, communication, independence, and personal development
- Assist with implementing individual education plans (IEPs), behaviour support plans (BSPs), and personal care programmes
- Use trauma-informed and restorative approaches to support positive behaviour and emotional regulation
- Support structured learning activities including literacy, numeracy, wellbeing, and ICT-based learning
- Record and report pupil progress using systems such as SIMS, CPOMS, and Evidence for Learning
- Assist with classroom preparation, resources, displays, and learning environments
- Support pupils during hydrotherapy and swimming sessions, including changing and personal care routines where required
- Support pupils during educational visits, community activities, and residential placements, including overnight stays where required
- Work collaboratively with teachers, parents/carers, therapists, and external professionals
- Contribute positively to the wider ethos, safeguarding culture, and wellbeing of the school community
- We are looking for individuals who:
- Have experience of working with or caring for children or young people
- Have an understanding of behavioural, emotional, or additional learning needs
- Are calm, patient, and able to respond positively in challenging situations
- Have strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Are committed to inclusion, safeguarding, and professional development
- Have good literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills
- Hold a Level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification (or equivalent), or are willing to work towards this
- Are willing to undertake relevant behaviour support training, including positive handling approaches where appropriate
- Ysgol Maes Hyfryd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
All appointments are subject to Enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory references.
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