KS3/4 ASENDCo
Swinton Academy, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8JW14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
26 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,326.00 - £33,810.00 Annually (Actual) Band H Points 24-27 (£35,412 - £38,220 FTE)
KS3/4 ASENDCo job summary
Aston Community Education Trust are a forward thinking and ambitious multi-academy trust, comprising of three secondary academies and nine primary academies across the Rotherham, Sheffield and North Derbyshire areas.
Swinton Academy is at the heart of the local community. We are committed to making a real difference to the lives of our young people and will provide outstanding learning and enrichment opportunities for them throughout their time with us. To be able to achieve this, we need to have a team of dedicated and outstanding staff, who will contribute to our exceptional learning community.
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional and highly talented individual with the passion and motivation to provide an outstanding service alongside the SENDCo and Inclusion Manager. The purpose of the role will be to:
- Assist in leading and managing the Inclusion department, in close partnership with the SENDCo.
- Assist the SENDCo in leading the provision for students with SEND and those who are vulnerable.
- Support high quality teaching, effective use of resources and high standards of learning and achievement for all students.
- Demonstrate a commitment to inclusive education and supporting all children to succeed.
- Support the learning of students with SEND and those who are vulnerable, their well-being and ongoing achievement, securing high quality outcomes.
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of all students.
This is a key role within the academy and will involve working closely with the SENDCo to provide support to students with SEND; ensuring that they are able to access and maximise the facilities and resources available, and to achieve the best possible outcomes. Duties will include liaison with outside agencies, attendance at meetings with multi-agencies, parent/carers and students, as well as effective use of data/data analysis.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and approachable with a "can-do" attitude and the ability to demonstrate a keen eye for detail. You will have a strong understanding of national developments within SEND and secondary education. You should have a comprehensive understanding of the needs of the most vulnerable students, significant knowledge of strategies to support students with SEND, and knowledge of SEND guidance and legislation.
The successful candidate will hold the Access Arrangements Coordination qualification (or be willing to complete the qualification if not already achieved).
Working closely with the SENDCo the successful candidate will:
- Assist the SENCO in leading and managing the provision for pupils with SEND, ensuring their needs are met effectively.
- Support the development and implementation of the school’s SEND strategy, policies, and procedures.
- Liaise with parents, carers, and external agencies to ensure effective communication and provision for SEND pupils.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and provision, ensuring the best outcomes for all SEND students.
- Support in preparing and reviewing SEND documentation, including Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs),
- Individual Education Plans (IEPs), and provision maps.
- Oversee and coordinate the provision of access arrangements to eligible students.
- Organise and manage student files and data, ensuring required evidence is up-to-date including keeping the qualifications of assessors and training of invigilators and access arrangement facilitators on file.
- Work alongside teachers to develop and implement differentiated learning strategies for SEND pupils.
- Deliver targeted interventions for pupils with additional needs where necessary.
- Foster an inclusive learning environment that encourages all students to reach their full potential.
- Keep up to date with national SEND developments and ensure that the academy remains compliant with the latest guidance and legislation.
The role is based at Swinton Academy and will involve working collaboratively with other academies across the trust. If you are looking for an exciting new role, then you are warmly encouraged to pursue an application with us. We would also welcome you if you would like to visit us. If you have any questions or wish to visit, then please contact - Katy.wright@astoncetrust.org
Key Responsibilities of the role include:
- Have strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workload, manage competing demands, and maintain accurate records.
- To liaise with parents to ensure the young person is supported well.
- To provide a drop-in service for all students.
- To independently plan and deliver tailored 1:1 & small group support for KS3 & KS4 children with SEN based on the assess, plan do review model.
- To liaise with school staff, including the Designated Safeguarding Lead, and other professionals as appropriate to ensure the effective operation of the service.
- To support parents.
- To attend meetings and briefings as required and to provide an evidenced based graduated response.
- To maintain confidential notes on all counselling sessions.
- To promote a caring and supportive environment where concerns can be explored, thereby promoting mental and emotional health.
- To uphold good practice as described by the BACP ethical guidelines.
- To liaise with relevant staff within the academy, making them aware of problems experienced by students and to make recommendations as to how these may be managed/resolved, as appropriate.
- To liaise with other professionals, including attending meetings within the academy and with outside agencies, as appropriate.
- To be alert to trends and patterns of issues that affect children and adolescence.
- To play an active role in safeguarding children and adhere to the academy policies.
The successful candidate will have:
- A recognised professional counselling qualification to diploma level or equivalent and be a BACP member/registered to a professional body.
- The Certificate in National Learning Mentor Training is desirable.
- The ability to be creative/playful in their work in consideration of the child’s developmental age.
- The ability to adapt the therapy/intervention in a meaningful/useful way for the young person.
- The ability to maintain confidentiality within the academies’ safeguarding procedures.
- The ability to work effectively with a range of colleagues both within the academy and from external agencies.
- Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
- To demonstrate the key personal qualities of empathy, respect, and a genuine desire to support young people.
- A desire to make a difference to the lives of young people
- Excellent communication skills with both pupils and staff
- Engage fully in the Academy’s ethos by promoting positive values, attitudes and behaviour and by thinking creatively and reflectively within a forward-thinking aspirational team, whilst keeping the needs of the students firmly at the centre.
Safeguarding
ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.
It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.
Equality
ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.
We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.
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 Swinton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 991 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Swinton Academy website
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