Pastoral Support Worker

Job Title: Pastoral Support Worker

Location: Walsall

About the role: We are looking for a Pastoral Support Worker to join our team.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will play an important role in supporting pupils’ behaviour around school, helping to maintain a calm, safe and purposeful environment throughout the day. This will include encouraging positive choices during transitions, break times and unstructured times, using restorative and relational approaches to de‑escalate situations, reinforce expectations and help pupils develop confidence, resilience and self‑regulation. The role requires someone who can build trusting relationships with pupils, work closely with teaching and pastoral staff, and contribute consistently to the school’s wider safeguarding and behaviour support systems.

Benefits: Financial, Health and Lifestyle benefits including discounts on everyday purchases (Eden Red), a free of charge health plan (UK Health Care), cycle to work scheme via Halfords, and the Blue Light Card. We also offer education sector‑leading CPD.

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

The Mercian Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.