Online PSHE, Resilience and Wellbeing Teacher (KS3 and KS4)

Salary: £30 per hour

Hours: Flexible, 12–25 hours per week (Term-time only, Monday–Friday between 9:00am and 4:00pm, focused on core peak delivery hours)

Location: Remote / Work from Home — Must be resident and based in the UK with QTS gained in the UK.

Contract: Direct contract with EDClass for Part-time / Hourly (Commitment to the full academic year preferred)

Start Date: ASAP

About EDClass

EDClass is an accredited online education provider by the Department for Education (DfE), delivering high-quality, innovative alternative provision across the UK. We work extensively with schools, multi-academy trusts, and local authorities to provide personalised learning pathways for students accessing Section 19 provision, Education Other Than At School (EOTAS), medical needs support, and school inclusion programs. At EDClass, we put safeguarding students at the heart of everything we do. Every lesson, interaction, and platform protocol is built to ensure a secure, transparent, and supportive learning environment for every young person.

The Role

As an Online PSHE, Resilience and Wellbeing Teacher at EDClass, you will deliver structured, impactful sessions across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 following the statutory DfE guidance for Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) and personal development frameworks. You will play a vital role in helping young people build emotional resilience, develop essential life skills, understand physical and mental health, navigate online and real-world safety, and build the confidence necessary for successful school reintegration or progression into further education and employment.

Key Responsibilities

• Live Interactive Teaching: Deliver 1-hour timetabled lessons across EDLive, targeted intervention sessions in EDTeach, and responsive breakout room coaching in EDClass Plus.
• Curriculum and Personal Development Delivery: Deliver age-appropriate, objective, and engaging lessons across statutory KS3 and KS4 RSHE/PSHE themes, including mental health, emotional regulation, healthy relationships, online safety, substance awareness, British values, citizenship, and career pathways.
• Resilience and Wellbeing Coaching: Equip pupils with practical self-care, self-regulation, mindfulness, and coping strategies to manage anxiety, build social confidence, and overcome educational barriers.
• Digital Learning and Content: Assist learners as they navigate interactive e-learning modules, personal reflection tasks, and scenario-based activities; plan and record engaging pastoral and wellbeing video tutorials for our digital library.
• Feedback and Progress Tracking: Provide supportive, constructive feedback (both verbally and written) to encourage positive engagement, personal reflection, and growth.
• Inclusive Pedagogy: Apply calm, encouraging, and highly empathetic approaches to engage vulnerable, disaffected, or anxious learners in discussions around sensitive topics.
• Safeguarding and Multi-Agency Reporting: Uphold the highest safeguarding standards at all times, monitoring pupil wellbeing and disclosing concerns immediately in accordance with our strict safeguarding protocols, while liaising effectively with partner schools.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Location: Must be currently resident and based in the UK with the right to work in the UK.
• Qualifications: Must hold a recognised UK teaching qualification (Qualified Teacher Status / QTS, or secondary PGCE).
• Teaching Experience: Minimum of 3 years of successful secondary classroom or alternative provision teaching experience with proven involvement in PSHE, RSHE, or pastoral education.
• Curriculum Knowledge: Deep understanding of statutory DfE RSHE guidance, the national PSHE Association programme of study for KS3/KS4, and contemporary adolescent mental health/wellbeing practices.
• Digital Literacy: Confident ICT skills with the ability to manage virtual classroom features (breakout rooms, chat, audio, digital whiteboards) and maintain safe, respectful online dialogue.
• Inclusive Practice: Demonstrated experience working with vulnerable, disengaged, or SEND/SEMH learners using supportive, patient, and adaptive pastoral strategies.
• Safeguarding Commitment: Uncompromising commitment to child protection, pupil safety, and statutory guidance, with keen awareness of handling sensitive disclosures appropriately.
• Reliability: Excellent time management and organisational skills, with a commitment to maintaining timetable continuity for learners throughout the academic year.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience delivering live online PSHE, wellbeing, or pastoral intervention sessions in small groups or one-to-one.
• Additional training in youth mental health first aid, ELSA, or related emotional wellbeing interventions.
• Understanding of the DfE Online Education Accreditation Scheme standards.

Safeguarding and Student Welfare

Safeguarding students is at the heart of everything we do. EDClass is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, expecting all staff to share this absolute commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (ideally registered on the DBS Update Service) and complete safer recruitment vetting in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). All teachers receive comprehensive, ongoing safeguarding training to ensure full compliance within our digital learning spaces.

Contract, Induction and Training

You will be employed directly under a formal contract with EDClass, with no third-party tutoring agencies, businesses, or intermediaries involved. All successful candidates are required to complete our compulsory staff induction, onboarding, and training programme, for which you will be fully paid.

How to Apply and Enquiries

If you are excited about the prospect of joining our team and making a positive impact on the education and wellbeing of our learners, we would love to hear from you.