Wellbeing Support Assistant

Sale High School, Sale, Cheshire, M33 3JR

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  1 July 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: £28,459.00 Annually (FTE) Starting Salary: £28,459 Actual Salary: £24,557 . Term time only plus 5 INSET days

Wellbeing Support Assistant job summary

Wellbeing Support Assistant

Salary: £28,459 per annum (Actual term-time salary: £24,557)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm (30-minute unpaid lunch)
Contract: Term Time + 5 INSET days

We are looking for a caring, resilient and proactive Wellbeing Support Assistant to join our team. In this rewarding role, you will support students with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, helping them overcome barriers to learning and achieve their full potential.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing 1:1 and in-class behavioural support.
• Delivering targeted interventions for students with SEMH needs.
• Supporting students to develop social skills, emotional regulation and positive behaviour.
• Working closely with teachers, parents and the pastoral team to promote student wellbeing and attendance.
• Upholding safeguarding and promoting a safe, inclusive learning environment.

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, a calm and positive approach, and a genuine passion for supporting young people.

If you are committed to making a difference in the lives of students, we'd love to hear from you.

What we offer: More pay, more time, and more support.

• Competitive salary
• Enrolment into the local government pension scheme
• Health Cash Plan - We offer a health cash plan giving you money towards essential medical treatment.
• Guaranteed Personal day - 1 paid personal day each year, to use as you want.
• Great training for your career - Excellent ongoing CPD and career development opportunities across the academy and United Learning.
• Wellbeing Support - Access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme, providing support with issues from legal and financial to family and housing; access to free counselling; and other wellbeing support.

Sale High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as well as a media check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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 Sale High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: Up to 1080 pupils
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sale High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sale-high-school-sale

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