Early Help & Family Support Worker/Deputy Safeguarding Lead
Newton Abbot College, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 2NFThis job expired on 17 April 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Immediate Start
Closing date
17 April 2023 at 9am
Date listed
21 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- Full-time/part-time 37 hrs per week, 39 weeks per year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,777-£24,496 pa pro rata
Pay scale
- Scale 4, Point 8-12
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint an Early Help & Family Support Worker/Deputy Safeguarding Lead. The post holder will work with identified students and their families to address the barriers to their learning and help them to manage their own emotional, behavioural and social needs more successfully. They will also work closely with the college’s Designated Safeguarding Lead to ensure that safeguarding across the college is of the highest standard and consistency so that all students feel safe, secure and supported and that all matters relating to safeguarding are dealt with effectively.
The successful candidate will:
- Be passionate about helping students to achieve their very best.
- Be committed to the vision and values of the college.
- Have experience of working with young people.
- Be kind, patient and flexible in their approach and a strong communicator.
- Be organised and proactive in their work and a collaborative and trustworthy team player.
- Be a positive and professional role model, demonstrating high expectations at all times, to all staff and students.
If you think you can make a difference to our students and relish the idea of joining our successful, supportive and highly motivated team then we want to hear from you!
What the school offers its staff
Newton Abbot College is an over-subscribed secondary school with a growing Sixth Form that is situated in the heart of Newton Abbot, Devon. Our mission is to support, challenge and inspire every individual to be better than they ever dreamt they could be. To achieve this staff and students share the same set of values and drivers that underpin an ethos of traditional values and incredibly high expectations and a culture of high-quality teaching supported by exceptional pastoral care. Staff wellbeing and professional development are always a priority and we work hard to look after our staff and provide them with opportunities to develop their practice and, if they wish, further their careers. There is a very strong sense of community and team at Newton Abbot College; everybody looks out for one another and everybody is proud of their role; as together we grow our college from strength to strength.
Newton Abbot College (“Good” OFSTED April 2019) is part of the Ivy Learning Trust. We have exceptional expectations of our students and staff, and we welcome applicants who share our commitment to place student learning at the centre of everything we do. The Ivy Learning Trust is an inspiring place to work with staff who are dedicated to increasing opportunities, maximising outcomes and improving the life chances of all pupils. We prioritise nurturing and developing the talent of our staff; our induction programme is excellent, and all staff are involved in an innovative CPD programme. All Ivy Learning Trust schools form a wider family with a vision of inspiring excellence through collaboration.
If you like what you see and read and believe that you can support us in continuing to achieve great things here at Newton Abbot College, then do get in touch.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Newton Abbot College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1327 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Newton Abbot College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- LPearl@nacollege.devon.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01626 367335
Newton Abbot College is an over-subscribed secondary school with a growing Sixth Form that is situated in the heart of Newton Abbot, Devon. Our mission is to support, challenge and inspire every individual to be better than they ever dreamt they could be. To achieve this staff and students share the same set of values and drivers that underpin an ethos of traditional values and incredibly high expectations and a culture of high-quality teaching supported by exceptional pastoral care. Staff wellbeing and professional development are always a priority and we work hard to look after our staff and provide them with opportunities to develop their practice and, if they wish, further their careers. There is a very strong sense of community and team at Newton Abbot College; everybody looks out for one another and everybody is proud of their role as together we grow our college from strength to strength.
Arranging a visit to Newton Abbot College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email LPearl@nacollege.devon.sch.uk.
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