Looked-After Children Support Officer (Fixed Term)
The Pingle Academy, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0QAThis job expired on 16 August 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
2 September 2024
Closing date
16 August 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, term time plus INSET days.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31 August 2025
Full-time equivalent salary
- DFT, Grade 5, £28,282 – £30,824 FTE (£24,434.81 – £26,631.02 pro rata for the hours advertised)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit an adept, devoted and highly motivated team member to support looked-after children within The Pingle Academy.
As the Looked-After Children Support Officer, you will work closely with the Designated Teacher for LAC, ensuring each child receives appropriate educational, pastoral, and safeguarding support. You will be required to deliver personalised interventions, coordinate external support services, act as an advocate for looked-after children, and work closely with various stakeholders to improve outcomes for this vulnerable group.
You will collaborate with the wider safeguarding and pastoral team to identify and address any safeguarding concerns or pastoral issues affecting looked-after children. You will also provide the safeguarding team with support on the day-to-day matters and coordination of academy safeguarding, referring more complex matters to the Safeguarding Officer or Designated Safeguarding Lead.
To be successful, you will be familiar with relevant legislation, policies and procedures relating to looked-after children and safeguarding. You will have experience of working with looked-after children or vulnerable young people within education or a similar setting.
This is a fixed-term role until 31 August 2025 where you will work 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, term time plus INSET days.
What the school offers its staff
Vision & Aims – The de Ferrers Trust
The de Ferrers Trust is a Multi Academy Trust comprising three Secondary Academies and four Primary Academies, currently based in Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
Our vision is to ensure the children and young people in our care have the opportunity to fulfil their potential through achieving highly, regardless of their ability or background. We aim to achieve this vision through:
- Delivering a high-quality education
- Recruiting, developing and retaining high-calibre members of staff
- Establishing and developing robust governance
- Ensuring financial probity and viability
- Developing a highly efficient Trust infrastructure and central services
- Establishing effective systems to support the sustainable growth of the Trust
CPD
The Trust believes that professional development is key to successful employees and offers excellent opportunities for you to grow and achieve. We provide tailored CPD, mentoring, support and a range of development opportunities across the Trust.
In Return
We strive to be an Employer of Choice and are committed to the wellbeing and development of our colleagues. You will join a supportive, warm and friendly community and enjoy an excellent benefits package, which includes:
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Discounted gym membership
- BHSF healthcare scheme
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Access to a fully fitted fitness suite, located on site at The de Ferrers Academy
Further information about the job
If you would like to discuss the role or have any other queries, please call 01283 216837 and ask to speak to the HR Team.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and this position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.
About The Pingle Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1375 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Pingle Academy website
- Email address
- careers@deferrerstrust.com
- Phone number
- 01283 216837
The Pingle Academy is a successful and well-respected comprehensive school which became an academy in May 2017 as part of Affinity Learning Partnership. We currently cater for 1429 students aged 11–19 and have been over-subscribed for the past five years. The academy enjoys an excellent reputation.
Our academy is truly inclusive and includes Enhanced Resource Sections for students with mild learning difficulties and students with more complex needs. In addition, we have our own alternative provision, which caters for a small number of students who find mainstream classes challenging. Our staff share responsibility for creating a safe and pleasant place to learn and work and are proud of our efforts to educate and care for all our students, whatever their abilities, to ensure that every student’s potential is fulfilled.
We are proud of our caring and inclusive community, and our values of WORK HARD, BE KIND, CHOOSE WISELY are present in all aspects of academy life.
In 2019, the academy enjoyed its best-ever results both at GCSE and A Level. In October 2021, OFSTED judged the academy as GOOD in all areas.
Our priority is to help parents/carers prepare their children for adult lives in a rapidly changing world. We aim to provide a broad and stimulating curriculum; we set high expectations for work and behaviour, and we encourage students to aspire to these standards with confidence.
We value our staff, ensuring that we look after and care for their wellbeing through professional development, mental health provision and supporting staff with their workload.
Arranging a visit to The Pingle Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@deferrerstrust.com.
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