Wellbeing & Pastoral Practitioner (LSA1)

St Lawrence School, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5EJ

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  23 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 Annually (FTE)

Wellbeing & Pastoral Practitioner (LSA1) job summary

INSPIRE Connected Communities Trust

Wellbeing & Pastoral Practitioner (LSA1)

Grade G3 Point 6 - £24,796. (FTE)

32.5 hours per week / 39 weeks per year

Join our fantastic team and make a real difference in the lives of our students.

Employed across the Trust, initially based within St Lawrence, Horncastle.

Are you enthusiastic, motivated and passionate about making a difference for children and young people? We are looking for a Wellbeing and Pastoral practitioner to join our fantastic Support Hub team. This is an exciting opportunity to bring your energy creativity and commitment to a role where every day has a positive impact on students' lives. As a Wellbeing and pastoral practitioner, you'll play a vital role in helping students to grow in confidence, build strong relationships and step into their potential. We hold high expectations and a community wide commitment to supporting the development of our young people, with a wide range of learning difficulties, including severe/profound and complex, SEMH and autism.

What you'll be doing:

Working under the direction of our Pastoral Lead, you will:

Support students' social, emotional and mental health through a blend of individual and small group work.

Use a restorative and trauma informed approach to help young people manage and understand their emotions.

Support children in moments of dysregulation with calm, compassionate, relationship-based strategies.

Use total communication approaches to ensure every student's voice is heard and understood.

Help students build resilience, strengthen relationships and fulfil their potential both in and out of the classroom.

You should have:

The ability to build trusting relationships quickly with children and young people

Prior experience of supporting social, emotional or behavioral needs in an education setting or similar.

Proven experience of impacting positively with children with autism, SEMH and those with social communication differences.

A restorative and trauma informed approach to behavior and wellbeing.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

The confidence to deliver small group and 1:1 session with guidance and support.

A genuine passion and motivation to make a difference in the lives of our students.

The ability to work collaboratively as part of a wider school team.

Have energy for supporting positive behavior, communication and complex needs, work in a relationship-based and trauma informed way and have a relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent.

In return we offer:

A strong commitment to high quality CPD and ongoing professional learning.

A supportive team both within school and across the wider Trust

Opportunities to grow and develop as a practitioner, extending your skills and experience.

A workplace culture that values teamwork, kindness and community.

A chance to be a part of a forward-thinking school where your creativity and ideas are welcomed.

The knowledge that your role makes a real and lasting difference in the lives of the young people and their families.

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we'd love to hear from you!

This is a great opportunity to further your career within an environment based on a coaching culture and a commitment to staff personal and professional learning and development.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff share this commitment. All posts will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. Applicants may be subject to a social media presence check.

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 St Lawrence School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 180 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-lawrence-school

Welcome to St Lawrence School in Horncastle.

At St Lawrence we meet our students at their point of need creating a flexible and personalised curriculum based around 3 distinct pathways ensuring regular opportunities for social interaction opportunities with their peer group.

The school positively supports students aged 5 to 16 with a wide range of additional needs. All of our children and young people have an Education Health Care Plan in place.

We focus on positive relationships between all students and staff to support successful learning.

We use a restorative approach to empower the students as much as possible to understand, regulate with support and ultimately to self-regulate their behaviour in a positive way.

We use a variety of different interventions to support our students in all areas of need.

We have whole school communication approach with adults modelling Makaton signing, verbal communication, use of symbols, written and pictorial communication as well as alternative means such as PECS, PODD and iPad.

All students are supported to access visual timetables and schedules as needed to support them to understand expectations and to reduce anxiety.

Throughout the school we support growing independence in our young people working towards our aspirations for them as they move towards adulthood. This includes opportunities to take part in travel training, work experience and life skills.

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