At Mencap we are looking for a compassionate and proactive Pastoral Officer to join our supported internships team. The focus of this role is to ensure the welfare and pastoral needs of learners on our Supported Internship are met. You’ll support learners with additional needs to achieve their full potential — ensuring their welfare, wellbeing, and pastoral needs are met every step of the way.
The Pastoral Officer position is for a full time (37.5 hours per week) permanent basis. You'll be providing both remote and in-person support across our sites in Staffordshire and Northamptonshire. Depending on the successful applicant, we may be able to discuss a part time contract.
The successful Pastoral Officer will?
Work closely with delivery teams to build their skills and confidence around learner welfare, safeguarding and wellbeing across each programme.
Work directly with learners and their families, on a 1:1 basis or as part of group sessions within local services.
Support staff in identifying and responding to safeguarding, Prevent, and pastoral concerns.
Promote a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment that enables learners to succeed.
Collaborate effectively with internal teams and external agencies to ensure consistent, high-quality support.
Identify learners who need additional welfare support and develop individual support plans.
Do you have the key skills and essential experience?
Experience of dealing with mental health, safeguarding & prevent concerns
Experience of providing pastoral care & support
Experience of working with learners who have a learning disability, learning difficulty or autism
Excellent communication skills and able to efficiently work with a range of internal and external stakeholders
Knowledge of the issues facing young people statutory Safeguarding and Prevent Legislation Experience of working with young people in an education setting
Well organised & self-motivated
Experience to inspire learners and provide effective engagement and support strategies
Training or qualifications relating to welfare/pastoral support would be desirable. For example, mental health first aid, designated safeguarding lead training, etc
Experience of dealing with welfare issues of young people.
This is not an exhaustive list of the role or it's requirements, please read the full job description for more details.
Why join Mencap?
At Mencap, we value our people and the passion they bring. You’ll be joining a supportive, inclusive team where your work directly helps young people with SEND gain the confidence and skills to thrive in adult life.
Ready to make a difference?
If you're ready to help shape brighter futures through education, health and care planning, we’d love to hear from you.
Here at Mencap we operate a blinded recruitment process for a lot of our roles, please ensure you apply with a full application and covering statement.
JOB ID: 35430
Benefits
Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings. For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere. · Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation. · Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes · Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves. We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for
Salary description
£30009.00 - £30009.00 per year