ROLE: Pastoral and Welfare Officer LOCATION: Leeds Start Date: ASAP Are you a Psychology Graduate aspiring to be an Educational Psychologist, Child Psychologist, Counsellor or SEND Co-Ordinator, but first needing experience working with young people? Do you have experience working within a SEN Teaching Assistant or Behaviour Support role and are looking to progress within your career? I am recruiting for a secondary school in Leeds who require a Pastoral and Welfare Officer to work within their pastoral and behaviour department. This post will involve supporting students from aged 11 years – 16 years, with a range of needs, including social, emotional, and mental health, behavioural challenges, and special educational needs. At times you will be required to work with students’ careers and external parties. You will support a cohort of students, helping to manage, welfare, behaviour, attendance, and attainment. You will work within a supportive team. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting young people with social emotional mental health challenges and/or special educational needs. Experience working within an education setting is preferred but all experience working with young people is considered. Contract Details: Full time role (Monday – Friday). Term time only – in line with the Leeds academic calendar. Working hours 8:30am – 4:15pm Benefits of working for Protocol Education: Continued professional development courses offered all year round. A dedicated educational consultant offering career and personal support. Refer a friend scheme, with monetary reward. A competitive salary. Flexibility of work. If you want to make a difference and support children and young people in an education setting, APPLY NOW or email your CV to. 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. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.