Pastoral and Mental Health Lead Interview

Looking to recruit a new pastoral lead, mental health lead or welfare office for your school? If you’re wondering what tasks can help you recruit the right candidate and questions to ask at interview to assess their skills and understanding of supporting pupils’ mental health, this Pastoral and Mental Health Role Interview Pack can support you throughout the entire process, from advertising to employment.

Included in this schools pastoral and mental health role interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and answers so you can find a brilliant pastoral lead, mental health lead or family support worker for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new family liason office or pastoral manager so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and pastoral and mental health role interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new pastoral leader.

While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new pastoral and mental health lead, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any similar roles with a focus on pupil wellbeing, mental health and pastoral care, including family support workers, nurture teacher, pastoral manager, family liaison officer, welfare officer or similar.

Further recruitment and job role resources and materials can be found on our website honeyguide-sls.co.uk