Support Assistant - Secondary Nurture Unit

We are currently looking for a Support Assistant to join a secondary school’s dedicated Nurture Unit, providing one-to-one and small-group support to students who may benefit from additional academic, emotional and behavioural support.

The Role:

As a Support Assistant, you will work closely with the Nurture Unit team to create a calm, supportive and positive environment where students feel safe and able to engage with their education.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing one-to-one and small-group support to students within the Nurture Unit.
• Supporting students with their learning, confidence and engagement.
• Helping students to manage emotions, behaviour and challenging situations.
• Building positive and trusting relationships with students.
• Supporting students to develop their social skills, independence and resilience.
• Assisting with classroom activities and learning tasks.
• Working closely with teachers and pastoral staff to support individual student needs.
• Helping students to successfully reintegrate into mainstream lessons where appropriate.
• Promoting positive behaviour and maintaining a calm, structured environment.

The successful candidate will be patient, approachable and resilient, with a genuine passion for helping young people overcome barriers to learning.

Experience working with children or young people in a school, pastoral, SEND, behaviour or youth-work setting would be advantageous, although candidates with relevant transferable experience will also be considered.

This role would suit someone who is looking to build a career within education, SEND or pastoral support and wants to make a real difference to students' lives.

To apply, send your CV to us today.

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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.
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