Family Support & Engagement Officer
Chellow Heights Special School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6AL11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week Monday - Thursday 8am - 4pm Friday 8am - 3:30pm Term time only plus 5 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Band 8 SCP 17 -22 (£24,857 - £27,098)
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Trained in aspects of emotional literacy including some of the following: emotional awareness, self-esteem, anger management, social and friendship skills, social communication difficulties, loss, bereavement and family break up and a willingness to undertake training to develop these further.
- Experience working in a school environment or other educational setting
- Experience identifying interventions to raise attendance of pupil
- Experience supporting and working with parents of young people
- Experience of working with families and pupils to raise attainment and improve behaviour
- Experience working with colleagues, outside agencies and multi-agency team
- Experience of keeping good written records
- Knowledge of the barriers to learning that pupils may face
- Tailoring plans and interventions to individual pupils
- Ability to create good relationships with children, staff, parents and external agencies
- Knowledge of available support services in the local area
- Safeguarding of children and young people
- Experience identifying interventions to raise attendance of pupils
What the school offers its staff
Mission Statement:
At Chellow Heights we are working towards our goal of providing an outstanding, world class educational provision and an exciting, specialist learning environment.
We endeavour to use innovative solutions and specialist technology to develop new ways to support children and families through research and development in order to tackle the challenges facing learners, families, staff, and communities in a modern society.
As such, we will be fulfilling the wider Bradford Vision for special schools of education, co‑location, co‑operation.
Our Purpose
Is to enable learners to be happy, healthy and enjoy life, to develop as fully as possible their self help, independence, communication and social skills to be confident and able to make decisions and achieve personal goals. We will do this through a learning environment which enables everyone to feel safe, secure, valued and happy.
Our Values:
Inclusive, challenging, holistic, patience, tolerance, innovation, confidentiality, curiosity, dignity.
Our approach is:
Inclusive, challenging, holistic, compassionate, professional, encouraging, consistent, energetic, happy, innovative.
Awards
We are very proud to have gained a number of awards for our work in school.
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
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About Chellow Heights Special School
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 11
- School size
- 254 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hradmin@chellowheightsschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01274 484242
Chellow Heights is a generic special school for learners aged 2 – 11 years. We are based on two sites. The main site is in the west of Bradford, located within a campus of schools, Heaton Primary, Belle Vue Girls High School, Beckfoot Upper Heaton Academy and High Park School an all age school for Communication and Interaction. Our second, smaller site is in the south of Bradford at Low Moor. It is not co-located.
Our pupils come from across Bradford and reflect the diverse population of the district. Pupils attending Chellow Heights School are learning at levels below those expected of their mainstream peers and their needs can best be met in a special school rather than a mainstream school. Our pupils usually have a Statement of Educational Needs or an Educational Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names Chellow Heights as an appropriate school. A minority come to us on an assessment placement before a Statement or EHCP has been issued or finalised. All pupils are placed with us by the Local Authority.
The vast majority of pupils also have a range of physical, medical, sensory, communication and social, emotional and mental health needs needs which may impact on their ability to learn and may result in the need for additional support through one or more of our Intervention Teams. For many pupils their additional medical needs also impact on their ability to attend school. We have close links with the NHS.
The school opened in April 2010 with 54 pupils we now have over 250 children on roll over the two sites. The west site is built on two floors and has 17 classrooms and other specialist rooms The south site is a single story building designed for 49 pupils and has 74 on roll. It also has some specialist areas. We are still developing both sites with new areas to help our pupils develop and learn our main focus this year is to develop a small animals pet area in our field on the South, Low Moor Site and to further develop the Sensory Gardens on both sites and the Forest School area on the south. A new five year business plan will be published shortly showing our priorities future developments.
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