Job title: Pastoral Lead
Job reference number: 101257
Interview date: TBC
Closing date: 31st July 2026
We have an incredible new opportunity for a Pastoral Lead to join Landau. This role offers more than a wage – it’s about the deep reward of guiding young people who’ve faced challenging starts in life toward brighter futures. As a Pastoral Lead you will lead on safeguarding, wellbeing, and pastoral support across the centre, ensuring learners are safe, supported, and able to engage in learning. The role focuses on early intervention, family engagement, and supporting learners with SEMH and SEND needs. This role is central to maintaining a strong safeguarding culture where learners are listened to, respected, and actively involved in decisions
At Landau, we’re passionate about changing lives and creating futures. As a leading supported employment and training charity, we’re changing over 800 lives each year across the West Midlands, including Telford and Wrekin, by providing pathways to employment, access to education, and support for personal growth and independence. Joining our team means joining a community that values making a real difference—empowering individuals to overcome challenges and realise their potential. We are a diverse, forward-thinking organisation, dedicated to delivering high-quality, sustainable services that truly change lives and open doors to new beginnings
We are committed to supporting our workforce as much as our mission. At Landau, you’ll receive the Real Living Wage, access to a private healthcare scheme, roadside assistance, and support through our Disability Confident Employer status. We’re proud to be a Gold Award holder for our support of veterans, creating an inclusive environment where all backgrounds and abilities are valued. If you’re driven to be part of a diverse, forward-thinking organisation that’s dedicated to delivering high-quality, sustainable services that truly change lives, we’d love to have you join us.
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please apply with your CV. If you are shortlisted, we will send you an application form to complete
Key responsibilities will include:
· Act as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), leading safeguarding processes across the centre, including managing concerns, referrals, and casework
· Provide a visible pastoral presence across the centre, supporting learners throughout the day and acting as a key point of contact for wellbeing and pastoral concerns
· Lead on SEMH, SEND and wellbeing interventions, including ELSA-based interventions, supporting learners with emotional regulation and resilience
· Build and maintain strong relationships with parents/carers, ensuring effective communication to support learner engagement and wellbeing
· Lead Early Help processes and referrals alongside the SENCO, working with families and external agencies to address barriers to engagement
· Identify early concerns relating to attendance and engagement, working proactively with learners and families to support improvements
· Work in partnership with the Inclusion & Behaviour Officer to support attendance improvement and learner reintegration following absence
· Lead learner voice initiatives, including the student ambassador programme and learner surveys, ensuring learners are involved in decision-making every half term
· Support behaviour through de-escalation and relational approaches, contributing to a consistent and inclusive environment
· Work collaboratively with the SENCo and wider team to support learners with SEND and additional needs
· Maintain accurate safeguarding and pastoral records in line with GDPR and centre expectations.
· Contribute to multidisciplinary meetings, case reviews, and external agency discussions, representing the pastoral perspective
· Support the induction of new learners, ensuring a positive, supported transition into the centre.
· Provide guidance and informal support to staff in relation to safeguarding, wellbeing, and pastoral approaches
· Support and contribute to the centre’s Health and Safety practices, including taking a lead role in the preparation, implementation, and regular review of risk assessments and Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs), ensuring alignment with safeguarding protocols and statutory guidance
Person Specification
Skills and Core Competencies
Technical competency (qualifications and training certificates/licenses)
- Enhanced DBS check
- Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
- Safeguarding training
- Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) (desirable)
Experience
- Experience working with vulnerable young people
- Experience working in environments requiring high levels of support and structure
- Experience supporting individuals with behavioural needs or concerns
- Experience working with young people aged 16–24
Skills and Attributes
- Strong team‑working skills
- Confident, respectful, and professional approach
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills
- Flexible and able to support across different areas when required
- Ability to provide clear direction and guidance to learners
Personal qualities, communicating and relating to others
- Passionate about making a positive difference to young people’s lives
- Committed and dependable
- Resilient and confident in managing challenging situations
- Well organised with good time‑management skills
- Strong communication skills
- Approachable and supportive manner
Other
· To contribute to team and departmental meetings as required
· To promote the charity in a positive and professional manner
· To provide support to organisational staff and the Charity CEO as required
Hours: 36.5 hours per week
Salary: £21,937.82 - £23,308.93 per annum (25,956.00 - £27,578.25 Full Time Equivalent)
This is a Term Time Only position working 39 weeks per year.
Location: Telford
We are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace. As part of our pledge with the Crisis Homelessness Alliance, we offer an automatic interview to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this position and are currently experiencing or at risk of homelessness. If this applies to you, please let us know when you apply.
As a Disability Confident employer we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. If this applies to you, please let us know when you apply.
As a member of the Armed Forces Covenant we recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our organisation and country. A guaranteed interview will therefore be offered to Veterans and their Spouses/Partners, serving Regular members of the Armed Forces approaching the end of their service and the Spouses/Partners of currently serving Regular members of the Armed Forces. This is conditional on the minimum criteria of the job being met and no longer than 5 years has lapsed since leaving the Armed Forces (subject to supporting information being provided on request). If this applies to you, please let us know when you apply.
Landau is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment.
As this role involves regular work with children and young people, and meets the definition of regulated activity, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 you must disclose all unprotected unspent and spent cautions and convictions. Further details on what convictions must be declared can be found in the Governments Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975.
If you are offered this position, Landau will ask you to complete an enhanced DBS check with a children's barred list check and provide at least 2 references.
It is an offence for an individual who has been barred from working with children to apply for regulated activity. Providing false information is also an offence and could result in the rejection of the applicant, summarily dismissal if selected, and possible referral to the police.
Pay: £25,956.00-£27,578.25 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
Work Location: In person
