Pastoral Teaching Assistant – Portsmouth

Pastoral Teaching Assistant – Portsmouth

Prospero Teaching are currently recruiting 1:1 Pastoral Teaching Assistants for a SEMH Provision based in Portsmouth. The suitable candidate will need to be confident and resilient and will be working with students with SEMH & Behavioural Needs.

The school have an Ofsted rating of Good with a fantastic team of support staff and experienced Senior Leadership Team. If you are looking for a challenge and really want to help make a positive difference to the lives of pupils with special educational needs then this school could be the role for you.

Contract details for Pastoral Assistant

• Location – Portsmouth, Hampshire
• Position – SEMH Pastoral Assistant
• Type of work – 1:1 / Small group support
• Contract or position start date – ASAP
• Duration/Likely duration – Temp
• Contract or position end date – N/A
• Contract type – Temp
• Full time/Part time – Full time
• Minimum rate of pay – £75.00-85.00 per day
• Hours – 8.30am – 3.30pm

Experience, Training and Qualification

• Calming mannerisms in challenging situations.
• Strong behaviour management skills while creating a fun learning environment.
• Driven to motivate the pupil and increase his participation.
• The ability to grow individual personal development.
• Be caring, patient and have good communication skills.
• Be self-reflective, have a willingness to learn and demonstrate initiative.
• Experience supporting an individual with Autism.
• Willing to complete Safeguarding online training.
• Complete a face-to-face registration with our Southampton office.

To be eligible for this role through Prospero teaching, you must:

• Hold right to work in the UK
• Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
• Provide two professional child related references
• Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:
• Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
• In-house Training and Development Team

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy.

If you are a Teaching Assistant and would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV to or get in touch on 023 82 029 900.

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Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.