Pastoral Development Support Mentor

Milton School, Mexborough, S64 8QG

17 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  21 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,416.91 - £24,330.02 Annually (Actual) Term time only plus 5 days . 32.5 hours per week 8.30am to 3.30pm

Pastoral Development Support Mentor job summary

At Milton School, we are seeking a Pastoral development mentorto join our caring and committed team. Our school supports pupils with a range of special educational needs, including communication and interaction difficulties, autism, cognitive needs, and social, emotional and mental health needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and lead our pastoral provision, supporting pupils’ emotional wellbeing, self-regulation, and positive relationships across the school.

About the Role

As Pastoral Development Mentor, you will:

• Develop and deliver interventions to support emotional regulation, social communication, and resilience.

• Model and promote trauma-informed and relational approaches to behaviour.

• Work closely with class teams, therapists, and families to provide joined-up pastoral care.

• Play an active role in safeguarding and child protection, working alongside the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) to identify, record, and respond to welfare concerns.

• Support pupils to access learning through positive wellbeing and regulation strategies.

• Analyse behaviour and wellbeing data to inform proactive support.

• Lead on relevant interventions

We are looking for someone who is:

• Compassionate, patient, and emotionally resilient.

• Experienced in supporting children and young people with SEND and/or SEMH needs.

• Confident and knowledgeable in safeguarding practice, able to recognise and respond to concerns appropriately.

• Skilled in building trusting relationships with pupils, families, and staff.

• Knowledgeable in emotional regulation approaches

• Able to model restorative practice and calm communication.

• Organised, reflective, and passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable learners.

In Return we offer:

• A welcoming, supportive, and inclusive school community

• Opportunities for professional development and training

• A chance to make a real impact on students’ lives and learning

• Access to a Local Government Pension Scheme, EAP, staff well-being support, including flu vaccinations and access to a GP service 24/7 for you and your family.

• This is an exciting post! We ideally would like this role to start as soon as possible

  Visits to the school are welcome; please contact Debbie Blaney the School Business Manager the school on Debbie.Blaney@vennacademy.org or telephone 01709 570246 to make arrangements.

  Our Multi Academy Trust is a group of inspirational and aspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Yorkshire whose main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding staff.

  Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

  Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.

  An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants

  Online searches will be carried out as part of Venn Academy Trust’s recruitment due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Milton School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 16
• School size: 167 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Milton School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/milton-school-s64-8qg

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