Pastoral Mentor

Pastoral Mentor – Secondary

We are working with a supportive and inclusive secondary school in North Tyneside to recruit a Pastoral Mentor to support pupils across KS3 and KS4. The school has a strong focus on wellbeing, inclusion, and positive relationships, with clear systems in place to support pupils’ emotional and behavioural needs.

This is a rewarding role for someone who enjoys working closely with young people, helping them overcome barriers to learning and engage positively with school life.

North Tyneside | Well-connected suburban location

£110 – £130 per day | PAYE | Depending on experience

• Provide 1:1 and small-group pastoral support to pupils

• Support students with SEMH needs, behaviour, attendance, or engagement challenges

• Act as a consistent, trusted adult within the school

• Support emotional regulation and behaviour for learning

• Work closely with pastoral leads, SEN staff, safeguarding teams, and teaching staff

• Contribute to a calm, safe, and supportive school environment

• 11–16 secondary school with a strong community ethos

• Clear behaviour policies and well-established pastoral systems

• Inclusive approach to supporting pupils with additional needs

• Collaborative staff culture with supportive leadership

• Easily accessible via public transport, including nearby Metro and bus routes

• Suitable for candidates travelling from Newcastle, North Tyneside, or Northumberland

• Experience in pastoral care, youth work, education, or social care

• Confident supporting pupils with emotional and behavioural needs

• Calm, resilient, and relationship-focused

• Strong communication and de-escalation skills

• Open to short-term or long-term placements

• PAYE only – no umbrella companies

• Competitive daily rates paid weekly

• Access to behaviour, SEMH, and safeguarding CPD

• Dedicated local consultant support

• Opportunities for long-term and permanent roles

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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