Little Rivers (PSB) Support Worker
Rivers Education Support Centre, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 0AA40 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP / Autumn Term
Closing date
23 August 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £2,567.23 Annually (Actual) H6.14 (£25,67.23)
Little Rivers (PSB) Support Worker job summary
Little Rivers is our Primary Support Base (PSB), a short-term placement service available to primary schools. The service offers tier 3 and 4 support and is led by Rivers ESC. The aim of this service is to provide an inclusive model of support for children with social, emotional and behavioural needs through intensified outreach and short-term schooling within our own purpose-built building. We are based at the KS4 site of Rivers ESC in Hoddesdon.
We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join our talented support staff team. The support worker will work directly with children and young people receiving respite from education settings.
About You
We are looking for someone who is:
Patient, emotionally resilient, and committed to supporting vulnerable pupils
A strong communicator with the ability to model positive behaviour
Able to remain calm and consistent in challenging situations
Skilled at building rapport and maintaining professional boundaries
A team player with a flexible, solution-focused approach
Experienced in working with children/young people with SEMH & SEN needs
What We Offer
A supportive and experienced team
Ongoing training in behaviour management, safeguarding and SEND
Opportunities for career development within the ESC and wider education settings
A role that makes a real difference to young people’s lives
You will help students access learning, regulate behaviour, and develop strategies to manage social and emotional challenges. This role is ideal for dedicated professionals who have a passion for supporting families and young people who face difficulties in mainstream education.
Through supporting our young people who have been through challenging times and helping them to develop and succeed ensuring they reach their full potential is our goal. Helping individuals belong, improving educational outcomes, and remaining in their mainstream setting.
We offer a supportive management team with “an open door SLT,” Rights to Disconnect policy, & offer opportunities for staff to effect real change, and grow professionally.
Rivers ESC works with a varied cohort of pupils including children classed as missing in education, permanently excluded from mainstream schools, and many of the pupils have social, emotional, and mental health difficulties (SEMH).
If you would like to join us on our journey and have access to amazing career prospects, we would love to hear from you. We welcome visits from potential applicants to Rivers ESC in Hoddesdon where we are based.
The duties and responsibilities listed in the job description are as present. The post holder is expected to accept any reasonable alterations that may from time to time be necessary (this may include working at our Centres).
Rivers ESC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, two employment references, medical, and online/social media checks.
We welcome visits to our school from potential applicants. Please contact HR Manager heather.dunne@riversesc.herts.sch.uk to arrange.
We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications irrespective of race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and/or age. We value the individuality and creativity that every worker potentially brings to the workforce.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The safe recruitment of staff is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in education.
Rivers ESC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects anyone applying to work in our school to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory enhanced criminal record with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check), health check, employment reference checks and online/social media checks.
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 Rivers Education Support Centre
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
- Size
- 15 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Rivers Education Support Centre provides educational programmes to support pupils who are at serious risk of permanent exclusion, or who have been permanently excluded from their mainstream school.
The Centre’s vision is to inspire and enable pupils to:
•Become confident, independent and successful young people
•Excel in Learning
•Engage positively with the community
•Be ambitious for their futures.
Key Stage 3
At the Key Stage 3 centre in Hertford, pupils either attend for an agreed period of respite or for a longer period while next steps are arranged. Pupils are provided with a broad curriculum and barriers to education are identified. Pupils are supported to find strategies to overcome these barriers to support them to be successful in school. Once a mainstream school has been identified, pupils are supported to reintegrate by the Rivers ESC outreach team. Where appropriate, statutory assessments are conducted for pupils in Key Stage 3 to identify additional support that may be required and in some instances to support the process towards a placement in an alternative/specialist provision.
Key Stage 4
The Key Stage 4 centre in Hoddesdon provides education for year 10 and 11 pupils. Many pupils are supported to reintegrate back into mainstream school once it has been identified that they are likely to be successful. Rivers ESC works with the Fair Access team in Hertfordshire to choose the new school placement and to plan how to meet the additional needs of the pupil who is reintegrating.
KS4 pupils complete a wide range of exam based and vocational qualifications to work towards future aspirations and chosen career pathways. Some KS4 pupils may work on learning pathways which include attendance at alternative provisions supported by centre staff. Pupils have access to a broad range of subjects at a variety of levels and are guided to be highly aspirational with the courses they select. Pupil outcomes are outstanding.
The safe recruitment of staff is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in education.
Rivers ESC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and promoting the welfare of the pupils in its care and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We welcome visits from potential applicants.
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