Advocate

Fen Rivers Academy, King's Lynn, PE30 2HU

38 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 December 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  13 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,887.36 actual pa

Advocate job summary

Tel: 01553 887330

Email: h.leggett@thebridgetrust.academy 

Headteacher: Amanda Fewkes

• Salary - Grade E-F, £22,887.36 actual pa (£26,403-£31,022 FTE)
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 35 hours per week (M-F)
• Term time only
• Required ASAP

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge?

Are you an innovative, creative practitioner?

Do you have drive and ambition to be the best that you can be?

Do you relish working in an environment where you will be supported all the way?

Do you enjoy really making a difference to children’s lives?

Would you like to be part of a Trust which promotes research, creativity and staff development?

Then come and meet us.

Our story:

The Bridge Trust is a unique Multi Academy Trust which consists of five special schools, two mainstream schools, a Training & Development Service and an Outreach Service. We are an ambitious family of schools that embraces the individuality of everyone – children and adults. We acknowledge that learning can look different for different pupils and staff, and we look to change our approach to meet the needs of the individual. The Bridge Fen Rivers is a therapeutic SEMH Special School offering full time education and therapeutic support to up to 82 children aged between 5 and 16 years old. Pupils are referred to the school by the local authority.

Fen Rivers, which is part of The Bridge Trust, provides young people with specialist education in order for them to progress and succeed in sustained education or employment. We do this through high-quality therapeutic teaching and learning, based on effective relationships, that enable the achievement of life skills and meaningful qualifications. For more info, please visit our website: https://thebridgetrust.academy/our-schools/fen-rivers/ 

We are recruiting an Advocate for the following reasons: 

• To manage, support and develop a group of marginalized young people and their families by building trusting relationships through the use of individual sessions, group work, family visits and other interventions. 
• To oversee a holistic person centred approach to a young person’s journey from entry to exit, bridging the gap between their academic, behavioural and therapeutic needs. 
• To develop individual education/learning plans that brings together internal, external and multi-agency professionals in order to support development, attainment and progression.
• To embed safeguarding and inclusion principles at the heart of all practice.

In return, we can offer you:

• Excellent professional development opportunities.
• A supportive community and a committed team of staff that are equally determined to give students the best possible opportunities.
• Financial Wellbeing Scheme, Employee discount schemes, Employee Assistance Programs.

Visits and discussions are welcome. Please contact - H.Leggett@thebridgetrust.academy to arrange this with you.

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from 'Attachments'.

For this vacancy, if you click on the 'Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our recruitment website to apply.

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

We reserve the right to interview sooner should we have a strong field.

Applications will be considered upon receipt - don't wait until the deadline!

Closing date:      31 December 2025, 9am

Interview date:    TBA

The Bridge MAT is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure and children’s barred list check where relevant.

This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subsequent amendments to this Act.

At The Bridge MAT, we want all our employees to feel included, bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, and truly believe that diversity drives innovation.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Bridge MAT is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure and children’s barred list check where relevant.

This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subsequent amendments to this Act.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Fen Rivers Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 16
• School size: 82 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fen Rivers Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-fen-rivers-academy-king-s-lynn

The Bridge Trust is a unique Multi Academy Trust which consists of five special schools, one mainstream school, a Training & Development Service and an Outreach Service. We are an ambitious family of schools that embraces the individuality of everyone – children and adults. We acknowledge that learning can look different for different pupils and staff, and we look to change our approach to meet the needs of the individual.

Fen Rivers, part of the Bridge MAT, is a therapeutic SEMH Special School offering full time education and therapeutic support to up to 96 children aged between 5 and 16 years old. Pupils are referred to the school by the local authority as part of their duties to arrange SEN provision.
Fen Rivers provides young people with specialist education in order for them to progress and succeed in sustained education or employment. We do this through high-quality therapeutic teaching and learning, based on effective relationships, that enable the achievement of life skills and meaningful qualifications. For more info, please visit our website.

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