Neurodiversity & Regulation Lead - The Wymering School
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Portsmouth, PO6 3YB |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 10 Sept 2026 |
| Closing date: | 1 Oct 2026 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a warm, emotionally intelligent and passionate professional to join our growing pastoral team and help us build a school where relationships come first.
This is a role where you can genuinely change how a child experiences school. You might be helping a member of staff understand a pupil differently. Sitting alongside a young person who is overwhelmed and helping them find their way back to regulation. Coaching colleagues, delivering training or working with a family to find a different way forward.
And sometimes, the biggest successes will be the smallest ones.
A pupil who feels safe enough to ask for help. A child who learns to recognise what they are feeling. A young person who returns to class after a difficult morning. A member of staff who says, “I understand them now.” Those moments matter.
Please note: Must have a full clean driving license and be willing to use your vehicle for school business.
The role
Working alongside our Safeguarding Lead, Senior Mental Health Lead and Family Engagement Lead, you will help develop our neurodiversity-affirming, relational and restorative culture.
You will:
• Deliver engaging training to build staff understanding of neurodiversity, SEMH and emotional wellbeing
• Coach colleagues to develop effective, individualised support strategies
• Deliver targeted emotional wellbeing, mental health and therapeutic interventions
• Build trusting relationships with young people, particularly those who may have experienced difficulties with school in the past
• Support pupils during periods of distress and dysregulation, using effective co-regulation strategies
• Help develop Positive Support Plans and Know Me To Teach Me documents
• Work closely with families and external professionals
• Contribute to whole-school approaches that promote wellbeing, inclusion and belonging
• Support safeguarding and become a Designated Safeguarding Lead, with training provided
We’re looking for someone who:
• Leads with warmth, authenticity and kindness
• Understands that behaviour is communication
• Has a strong understanding of neurodiversity, emotional regulation and trauma-informed practice
• Has experience supporting neurodivergent children and young people, particularly those with autism, ADHD and SEMH needs
• Can deliver emotional wellbeing, mental health or therapeutic interventions
• Builds trust quickly and communicates with warmth and empathy
• Remains calm and reflective in complex situations
• Can coach, challenge and inspire colleagues
• Is positive, curious and committed to learning
• Genuinely believes that every child has strengths, potential and possibility
You’ll need GCSE Grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) in English and Maths, plus a relevant qualification or experience in an area such as mental health, psychology, counselling, child development, youth work, therapeutic practice, SEND/neurodiversity, coaching or mentoring.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer
• A warm,compassionateand supportive pastoral team
• Genuine influence across the school
• Outstanding induction,mentoringand professional development
• Training and leadership opportunities
• A culture where relationships, wellbeing and inclusion genuinely matter
• Early Friday finish – because staff wellbeing matters too
• The opportunity to contribute to the Southern Education Trust's vision of“Making Lives Better”
Further details about the role
What if the behaviour we see is only the beginning of the story?
At The Wymering School, we believe every child deserves to feel safe, understood, valued and able to succeed.
Our young people are extraordinary. Many experience the world differently, and can find school overwhelming. Autism, ADHD, OCD, PDA, sensory differences and SEMH needs can sometimes make it difficult for them to communicate what they are feeling.
We want to understand what sits underneath the behaviour.
The difference you could make
This isn't simply about managing behaviour. It's about helping a young person understand themselves. Helping a teacher see a child differently. Helping a family feel heard. Helping a young person feel that they belong.
There will be difficult days. But there will also be those moments when something changes – when a pupil trusts you, when a strategy finally works, when a child who has spent years feeling misunderstood begins to realise…They are not the problem. They just needed someone to understand them.
If you want your work to genuinely matter every day, we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 1st October 2026
Interview date:7th October 2026
Please note: Applications may be viewed on receipt and interviews arranged sooner than the above date.
Become part of our journey by completing our Application Form and returning it torecruitment@southern.education if you would like to apply (please see Job Description, and Safeguarding Children Policy for further information).
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kate at the recruitment address, who will be happy to assist you.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, this role involves directly working with children and significant contact with children, and therefore we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for this post prior to commencement. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
If successfully shortlisted the HR Department will also be conducting an individual online search of your ‘name, education and employment’, to demonstrate due diligence following ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education' guidance. The search will not form part of the actual shortlisting process and any concerns arising from the search will be discussed directly with you.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required for this post prior to commencement. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer. If successfully shortlisted we would carry out an individual online search to demonstrate due diligence following the updated ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022' guidance.