Pastoral Support Assistant: First Aid, Health and Wellbeing
| Posting date: | 28 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 April 2026 |
| Location: | Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 9EH |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | e69e2fb9-6cbd-4040-836b-2a27ee8d4944 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The John of Gaunt School is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and passionate Pastoral Support Assistant: First Aid, Health and Well-being. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.
In this role, your duties and responsibilities will include making assessments of students reporting sick or unwell to the medical room, administer first aid if required and determining whether they are fit to remain in school or return to lessons. Contact parents/guardians/carers to arrange collection and provide advice accordingly. You will have the opportunity coordinate the school's counselling provision to support students identified by the school's pastoral team. Working closely with primary feeder schools you will support and ensure the effective transition, support and collation of information regarding students with medical needs as they move from Y6 or Y7. It is essential that you are a quality communicator who can liaise with Year Leaders, the Pastoral Support Manager, SENDCo and other staff to ensure all students receive an appropriate level of healthcare support within the school.
For a complete Job Description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as they will guide you in preparing a strong application and help you understand what we’re looking for in an ideal candidate.
What the school offers its staff
As a fully comprehensive school, we are a diverse and vibrant establishment where each student is at the heart of all that we do. We are determined to deliver quality-first teaching, and we have the highest expectations of our students who learn within our safe, nurturing but challenging school environment. We have a strong reputation for academic excellence and pastoral support and, by engaging in our whole-school provision, our students have every opportunity to develop into happy, confident and well-rounded young adults.
Our school’s foundations are built on strong relationships with students and their parents or carers. We recognise that pastoral partnerships that are both supportive and collaborative provide the best platform for our students to be aspirational and realise their potential.
We celebrate personal achievement and those who overcome personal hurdles. We encourage students to engage in opportunities for teamwork, leadership, adventurous, competitive and individual challenge and nurture them to be caring, thoughtful and respectful of others and their environment. We want our students to appreciate other cultures as well as their own community and to be reflective of their interactions with others.
We actively encourage our young people to embrace a whole school life. We provide a rich and broad curriculum, enhanced through a varied extracurricular programme where no young person is hindered from experiences that will enhance their cultural-capital due to personal social circumstance.
Our staff are our greatest asset. They have high levels of expertise and a tangible sense of vocation. We invest in our staff through our extensive continued professional development programme so that they can be the best practitioners possible for our students.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. A copy of the school’s Safeguarding Children in Our School Policy and our Policy and Code of Conduct for Safe Practice are available on our website. An online profile search will be conducted and references will be sought on all shortlisted candidates prior to interview. The post is subject to receipt of an enhanced DBS to include children's barred list checks. Disclosure will contain details of formal cautions, reprimands and final warnings, as well as convictions.
The John of Gaunt School is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and passionate Pastoral Support Assistant: First Aid, Health and Well-being. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.
In this role, your duties and responsibilities will include making assessments of students reporting sick or unwell to the medical room, administer first aid if required and determining whether they are fit to remain in school or return to lessons. Contact parents/guardians/carers to arrange collection and provide advice accordingly. You will have the opportunity coordinate the school's counselling provision to support students identified by the school's pastoral team. Working closely with primary feeder schools you will support and ensure the effective transition, support and collation of information regarding students with medical needs as they move from Y6 or Y7. It is essential that you are a quality communicator who can liaise with Year Leaders, the Pastoral Support Manager, SENDCo and other staff to ensure all students receive an appropriate level of healthcare support within the school.
For a complete Job Description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as they will guide you in preparing a strong application and help you understand what we’re looking for in an ideal candidate.
What the school offers its staff
As a fully comprehensive school, we are a diverse and vibrant establishment where each student is at the heart of all that we do. We are determined to deliver quality-first teaching, and we have the highest expectations of our students who learn within our safe, nurturing but challenging school environment. We have a strong reputation for academic excellence and pastoral support and, by engaging in our whole-school provision, our students have every opportunity to develop into happy, confident and well-rounded young adults.
Our school’s foundations are built on strong relationships with students and their parents or carers. We recognise that pastoral partnerships that are both supportive and collaborative provide the best platform for our students to be aspirational and realise their potential.
We celebrate personal achievement and those who overcome personal hurdles. We encourage students to engage in opportunities for teamwork, leadership, adventurous, competitive and individual challenge and nurture them to be caring, thoughtful and respectful of others and their environment. We want our students to appreciate other cultures as well as their own community and to be reflective of their interactions with others.
We actively encourage our young people to embrace a whole school life. We provide a rich and broad curriculum, enhanced through a varied extracurricular programme where no young person is hindered from experiences that will enhance their cultural-capital due to personal social circumstance.
Our staff are our greatest asset. They have high levels of expertise and a tangible sense of vocation. We invest in our staff through our extensive continued professional development programme so that they can be the best practitioners possible for our students.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. A copy of the school’s Safeguarding Children in Our School Policy and our Policy and Code of Conduct for Safe Practice are available on our website. An online profile search will be conducted and references will be sought on all shortlisted candidates prior to interview. The post is subject to receipt of an enhanced DBS to include children's barred list checks. Disclosure will contain details of formal cautions, reprimands and final warnings, as well as convictions.