Part Time Chaplaincy Support

St Thomas Becket Catholic School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6HT

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  7 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,992.00 Annually (FTE) 3 days per week / 22.5 paid hours, Term time only 39 weeks

Part Time Chaplaincy Support job summary

The purpose of this role is to support the Chaplain to encourage and empower students, staff and the wider community in meeting the challenge of the Gospel.

Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust is a large new Catholic Multi Academy Trust situated in the northern half of the Catholic Diocese of Northampton formed by the merger of three former Catholic Trusts in February 2020. The Trust currently leads and manages ten Catholic primary schools located across the geographical area of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire and, two Catholic secondary schools – St Thomas Becket in Northampton and St Thomas More in Bedford

St Thomas Becket Catholic School is a successful, comprehensive 11-18 secondary school in Northampton. We are committed to continuous improvement and driving up standards of attainment and we are ambitious for our students and our staff. We are a Catholic, learning, listening school where it is not enough that children know they are loved, we show them.

Do you want to work in a school rated “GOOD” in all areas in November 2022, but also ..

That has undergone rapid change?

Where the Catholic culture and ethos of the school is not just a fancy poster in reception, but something that we live and breathe every day?

With dedicated and caring staff who put the pupils and their learning, growth and personal development first?

If your answer to the above questions is a yes, then please carry on reading this advert. You are just who we are looking for!

The suitable candidate will be a practising Catholic with a passion for youth ministry, experience in working with young people in a faith environment, will be authentic in their faith and, using imagination, enthusiasm and knowledge, will inspire our young people and our staff.

All staff uphold the core values and Catholic ethos of the school. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance in line with our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About St Thomas Becket Catholic School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 900 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Thomas Becket Catholic School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thomas-becket-catholic-school-northampton

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