Pastoral and Therapeutic Lead (Arboretum)

Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5LY

Deadline is tomorrow

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  2 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year or phase
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 7 £33,974 to £40,040

Pastoral and Therapeutic Lead (Arboretum) job summary

Job overview:

The Arboretum Pastoral and Therapeutic Lead is a senior, specialist role supporting our most vulnerable pupils within The Arboretum, Sidney Stringer Academy’s in-school adaptive provision for pupils with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. The post-holder is responsible for the pastoral care of pupils in the provision and leads on its therapeutic interventions, providing high-quality, relational and trauma-informed support. They lead therapeutic continuing professional development (CPD) for colleagues, lead the relational and restorative culture of the provision in line with its Five Pillars (Welcome, Known, Contributing, Supported and Connected), and lead the branding and clear articulation of the provision’s space. Working as part of a dedicated team and accountable to the Head of Centre, the post-holder helps create a nurturing, structured environment that enables pupils to regulate, re-engage with learning, develop essential life skills, and successfully reintegrate into mainstream classrooms where appropriate.

Working hours:

37 hours per week - term time only plus 5 days

Job requirements:

• A Master’s-level (Level 7) qualification — or equivalent knowledge and expertise gained through substantial relevant experience — in a field such as education, psychology, counselling or therapeutic practice, social work, or pastoral care.
• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and mathematics (grade C/4 or above).
• Training (or willingness to undertake training) in trauma-informed practice, de-escalation and safeguarding.
• Substantial experience supporting children and young people with complex SEMH needs, trauma/ACEs, challenging behaviour, or those at risk of exclusion.
• Willingness to undertake training in trauma-informed practice, behaviour management, and safeguarding
• Experience designing and delivering 1:1 and small-group therapeutic interventions.
• Experience building positive, trusting relationships with vulnerable young people.
• Experience contributing to multi-agency safeguarding processes (Early Help, CIN, conferences).
• Ability to remain calm, consistent and positive in challenging situations.
• Strong record-keeping, organisation and ICT/data skills (GDPR-aware)
• Excellent communication with pupils, families, colleagues and external professionals.

Interview date: Tuesday 14th July 2026

Why join us?

As Pastoral and Therapeutic Lead within Sidney Stringer Academy, you’ll be able to make a key difference to a pupil’s educational experience as a crucial part of the wider team, and will have the opportunity to develop your skill set with key training and development opportunities available.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Sidney Stringer Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1496 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sidney Stringer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sidney-stringer-academy

Our Trust consists of five schools led by Sidney Stringer Academy. The schools are Radford Primary Academy, Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Riverbank Academy (Special School), Sidney Stringer Academy and Sidney Stringer Primary Free School.

All of the schools in the trust are working together with the ambition of becoming outstanding. As the Trust develops we are exploring the opportunities of creating shared posts and services across the schools so that we can benefit from economies of scale.

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