At a Glance
- Tasks: Support and mentor students facing barriers to education in a nurturing environment.
- Company: Join a dedicated team focused on transforming young lives in Blackpool.
- Benefits: Enjoy balanced daytime hours, weekends off, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Work in small groups with supportive colleagues and enjoy a fast-track career path.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of young people while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Life experience and emotional resilience are key; no teaching degree required.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
Location: Blackpool & The Fylde Coast, Lancashire (FY postcodes)
Contract Type: Full-Time, Temporary-to-Permanent
Trade: 12-Hour Shifts, Night Shifts, and Erratic Rotas for Structured School Hours
Are you working in children's residential care (RSW), youth justice, family crisis work, or community sports coaching, feeling tired of late shifts, waking nights, or fragmented contracts? Your ability to de-escalate crisis situations, connect with deregulated teenagers, and maintain emotional calm under pressure is needed directly in the classroom.
We are recruiting Pastoral Keyworkers and SEMH Behaviour Mentors to join our specialist Alternative Provision (AP) and SEMH hubs across Blackpool. You will work with Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 learners (ages 11-16) who face significant barriers to education, including trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), school exclusion, and complex neurodiversity (ADHD, ASC, PDA).
Why Transfer Into Alternative Provision?
- Balanced, Daytime Hours: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM, Monday to Friday. Every evening, weekend, and school holiday is yours.
- Direct Skill Transfer: You already know how to handle conflict, de-escalate heightened emotions, and co-regulate young people. You don't need a teaching degree; you need life experience and emotional resilience.
- Micro-Ratios: Work in 1:1 intervention sessions or micro-groups of 3 to 6 pupils alongside an experienced teacher and dedicated pastoral team.
- Career Growth: Fast-track route through an agency temp-to-perm transition into permanent educational pastoral roles, safeguarding, or school behaviour management.
Key Responsibilities
- Emotional De-Escalation & Co-Regulation: Identify triggers early, manage physical/verbal deregulation, and apply therapeutic, low-arousal interventions to maintain safe spaces.
- Keyworker Mentoring: Act as the dedicated keyworker for a small caseload of students, monitoring daily attendance, emotional check-ins, and individual behaviour plans (IBPs).
- Positive Re-Engagement: Support students inside small-group classrooms, workshop environments, sports interventions, and practical off-site learning sessions.
- Restorative Practice: Lead reflective post-incident discussions and repair sessions to rebuild trust between pupils and staff.
SEMH Behaviour Mentor & Pastoral Keyworker in Queenstown employer: Tradewind Recruitment Careers
Tradewind Recruitment is an exceptional employer for teachers seeking a fulfilling role in Barnet primary schools. With a strong commitment to professional development, a collaborative work culture, and transparent pay structures, we empower educators to thrive in their careers while making a meaningful impact on students' lives. Our focus on personalised learning and support for diverse needs ensures that every teacher can contribute to a vibrant educational environment.
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Tradewind Recruitment Careers Recruitment Team
