Pastoral and Learning Mentor
Sunrise Academy, Lowestoft, NR33 8AX12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
30 June 2026 at 8am
Date listed
18 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year – Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,255 - £29,541 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience) Actual Salary: £23,134 - £25,074 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Sunrise Academy, Lowestoft
- 37 hours per week,39weeks per year–Permanent
- Commencing September 2026
- Salary: £27,255- £29,541per annum(Dependent on qualifications and experience)
- Actual Salary:£23,134 - £25,074 per annum
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people? We are looking for a dedicated Pastoral & Learning Mentor to support students with complex Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, helping them to thrive both academically and personally.
In this rewarding role, you will deliver targeted pastoral interventions, provide one-to-one and small group support, and help students develop essential life skills, confidence,resilienceand independence. Using trauma-informed approaches, you will play a key role in promoting positive wellbeing and engagement across the school.
Working closely with teachers,familiesand support staff, you willmonitorprogress, contribute to student reviews, and help create a safe, nurturing environment where every student can succeed.
The ideal candidate will have experience supporting young people with SEMH needs,strong communicationand relationship-building skills, and a proactive, creative approach to supporting students. Knowledge of trauma-informed practice and inclusive education would be an advantage.
What the school offers its staff
- Membership intoLocal Government Pension Scheme
- Family friendly policies and flexible working
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Free parking
- Company events
- Access to various memberships and discount schemes
- Learning and development opportunities, including staff development days
- Funded subject course development for your role
- Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
- Career progression opportunities
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
SENDAT Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment checks will be required for all of our staff at SENDAT.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Sunrise Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 44 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sunrise Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
Sunrise joined SENDAT Trust on 1st April 2022. It was previously called The Everitt Academy. It caters for up to 52 young people with a full EHCP for SEMH in Key Stages 3 and 4.
We are working with the LA to consider taking some Key Stage 2 students in the future.
As at Trust we are committed to trauma informed practice across all our schools and in all policies we work to. We have trained over 30 Level 5 practitioners and have an ongoing commitment to this. To support this work we have developed out TIS umbrella, which aims to show approaches and programmes that we use across the Trust under our overall TIS approach. Two of the schools in the Trust are TIS approved schools and we are working on all school being approved. https://sendat.academy/trauma-informed
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