Pastoral Support Assistant – Secondary SEMH School – Bury
Location: Bury
Pay Rate: £100–£120 per day DOE
Start Date: ASAP
Contract: Full-time, long-term – with temp-to-perm opportunity
The Role
Are you passionate about helping young people overcome barriers to learning and make positive progress?
Cover People are recruiting a Pastoral Support Assistant for a specialist secondary school in Bury supporting young people with SEMH needs.
This is a rewarding opportunity to work in a setting with small group sizes, a practical vocational curriculum and a strong focus on intervention, rewards and enrichment.
You'll help pupils re-engage with education, build confidence and develop the skills they need for life beyond school.
The role also offers the potential to become permanent for the right candidate.
What You'll Do
• Build positive, trusting relationships with young people with SEMH needs.
• Provide pastoral and emotional support throughout the school day.
• Support small groups and individual pupils with engagement and behaviour.
• Deliver or support targeted interventions and enrichment activities.
• Use positive behaviour strategies to encourage progress and participation.
• Help pupils develop confidence, resilience, independence and life skills.
• Support a practical, vocational approach to learning.
• Work closely with teaching and pastoral staff to meet individual needs.
What We're Looking For
• Experience supporting young people with SEMH, challenging behaviour or additional needs.
• Experience in education, youth work, mentoring, care or a similar setting.
• Calm, resilient and consistent when dealing with challenging situations.
• Confident building strong relationships with secondary-aged pupils.
• Positive, proactive and willing to get involved.
• Able to support interventions, activities and enrichment opportunities.
• A genuine passion for helping young people overcome barriers and succeed.
Why Choose Cover People?
• Competitive daily pay.
• Weekly PAYE pay, with holiday allowance accrued.
• Dedicated SEND consultant with 14+ years' local experience.
• Free CPD and training opportunities.
• Long-term and permanent opportunities.
• Ongoing support throughout your placement.
• A genuine opportunity to secure a permanent role with the school.
APPLY NOW!
If you're an experienced Teaching Assistant, Pastoral Support Assistant, Behaviour Mentor, Youth Worker, Support Worker or similar looking for a rewarding SEMH role with genuine temp-to-perm potential, we'd love to hear from you.
Contact Graham Warner at Cover People Manchester:
(phone number removed)
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications/experience and will be offered work subject to successfully completing Cover People's compliance checks.
All pay rates include 12.07% statutory holiday pay where applicable.
Cover People are acting as an employment business on behalf of this school. Successful applicants will be subject to safeguarding and vetting procedures, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. Cover People is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment
Salary description
£100.00 - £120.00 per day