Engagement Support Worker
Moulton School and Science College, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
December 2025
Closing date
2 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,339.00 - £22,694.00 Annually (Actual)
Engagement Support Worker job summary
MOULTON SCHOOL AND SCIENCE COLLEGE
ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT WORKER
37 hours per week - 39 weeks per year
Grade F Point 6-7 (£25,989 - £26,403)
£22,339 - £22,694 (actual salary)
Are you a resilient, empathetic, and dedicated individual who believes every student deserves the chance to thrive? We are looking for an exceptional Engagement Support Worker to join our dedicated pastoral team. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible difference in the lives of students who face barriers to their learning and engagement.
As our Engagement Support Worker, you will be a key figure in our mission to support student success. You will work directly with a caseload of students who require additional support to overcome social, emotional, or behavioural challenges. Your goal will be to re-engage these students, build their confidence, and help them integrate successfully back into mainstream school life. You won't just be managing behaviour; you'll be building relationships and changing lives. Under the direction of the Engagement Support Team Leader (ESTL), the Engagement Support Worker (ESW) will help to run The Hub. The Hub is a space used for students who are out of circulation or in internal exclusion. The Hub also runs interventions to help meet the needs of identified students which contributes to more effective learning through improved behaviour and social skills. In this role, the ESW will also support the attendance team in removing barriers to Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA).
What You'll Be Doing
- Mentoring and supporting a caseload of identified students to improve their attendance, behaviour, and engagement.
- Developing and delivering targeted interventions and support programmes, both one-to-one and in small groups.
- Targeted Family support work to improve a student’s attendance to school.
- Building positive relationships with students, parents, carers, and teaching staff to create a strong support network.
- Acting as a trusted advocate for students, liaising with external agencies where necessary.
- Promoting positive behaviour and a restorative culture across the school.
- Keeping accurate records to track student progress and the impact of interventions.
At MSSC, we know that our staff are our most valuable resource. We want you to flourish in your professional life and that’s why we put lots of time and energy into our positive culture and approach to well-being.
It’s not just a job, it’s a career - some of the benefits we offer you:
- Enthusiastic and engaged students and a culture of high aspirations.
- Extensive CPD training which provides a range of tailored and bespoke CPD opportunities
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- A supportive leadership team who are engaged in your professional development and success
- An enhanced Employee Assistance Programme (Counselling, information and support)
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Flexible Working Contracts
If you feel you are the right person for this role, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please download the application pack from our website: https://www.moultonschool.co.uk/home/our-school/staff-vacancies/ or on MyNewTerm
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact Vienna Waights on Vienna.waights@moultonschool.co.uk to arrange a visit.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to show this commitment. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake safeguarding checks, including a criminal record check via the Disclosure & Barring Service, the cost of which will be met by the school.
Please note, it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020), which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 - Part V.
Please be aware that referees will be contacted prior to interview in accordance with accepted Child Protection Procedures.
We reserve the right to withdraw the advert if sufficient applications are received before the closing date.
Further information about the job
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.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Moulton School and Science College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1436 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Moulton School and Science College website
Moulton School is a warm, welcoming and hardworking school community, striving for excellence in all that we do. We want our students to leave school having maximised their academic progress, but also with fond memories of the breadth of opportunities taken, the relationships made, and the experiences enjoyed; for example, through our flagship student leadership programme.
Situated five miles from Northampton and close to the M1, Moulton is a peaceful location with close proximity to the modern conveniences of town living .
Moulton School is built on a commitment to academic excellence and the highest of personal standards, within an environment which provides each individual with the care, support and encouragement that they need to succeed. We pride ourselves on traditional values, such as hard work and discipline, whilst preparing young people for all the challenges of life in the 21st century.
Our students are committed to their learning, and we have the highest of expectations of them, both academically, and in the character that they demonstrate as they grow and develop. Our core values and ethos statement “ASPIRE – Strive for Great Things” sets the tone, both for our expectations, and for the achievements that we are able to celebrate.
Students are encouraged to become highly motivated, independent learners and are able to learn through differentiated learning activities. This allows them to develop high levels of knowledge, skills and technological understanding. Students’ work is carefully monitored and assessed regularly and they are involved in target setting.
Our success is built on partnership and we are very fortunate in the high quality of staff who care for and guide the students through their time at Moulton challenging them at every step to become the young people that they can be.
We are, as you may imagine, very proud of our students.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Moulton has a talented and dedicated staff who show pride and commitment to their role. Our students benefit from their professionalism and their work in supporting students to achieve their best.
High quality teaching and high expectations are at the heart of Moulton School and all teachers will be expected to develop practice which supports the ethos, values and vision, and contributes to the overall life and work of the school.
Moulton School has strong staff development programme with a wealth of experienced staff working with teachers and support staff. To that end, we strive to create a learning environment that elicits outstanding outcomes for students.
Staff are committed to their own development, and many take part in helping others to progress. In order to support this, we run training and development sessions that take place after school.
There are also various training routes for staff to follow including.
• Training School Network Programme
• New staff and ECT induction programme in-house and as part of the SWAN network
• Year 2 Teachers’ Programme
• Middle Leaders’ Programme
• Subject Leader and Senior Leadership qualifications (NPQSL) (NPQML)
Many staff take part in regular subject specific training, and staff I specialist roles may attend external training courses run by specialists in areas such as pastoral care, First Aid, mental health and wellbeing, MAGT and challenge.
Moulton School values diversity, and has developed an Equalities Policy to ensure that everyone within the school community is treated fairly, irrespective of race, gender, disability, sexuality or age.
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