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  • Start date details

    January 2024

  • Closing date

    8 January 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    4 December 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37hrs (8am-4pm M-F with 30 min break)

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

E (SCP 7-11)

What skills and experience we're looking for

This is a wonderful opportunity for a people-focused, organised and self-motivated colleague to join the Harleston Sancroft Academy which opened on 1stSeptember 2022. Working with the pastoral team in our secondary phase you will be a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) supporting the safeguarding team with administrative tasks and record keeping including following up safeguarding concerns. You will work with students and their families; providing pastoral support, signposting to appropriate outside agencies, monitoring interventions and helping remove barriers to learning. Your work will be underpinned by the Sancroft ethos, purpose and values.

The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a team but be able to work independently and on their own initiative and be willing to learn new skills.

We are extremely proud of our ethos and the very positive relationships which exist at the school. The Harleston Sancroft Academy; within St Benet’s Multi Academy Trust. We are an oversubscribed, inclusive, Church of England school in South Norfolk. We are a community that flourishes, through God’s love, to live ‘Life in All its Fullness’ John 10:10 and John 13:34

You should:

  • Have relevant experience working with, and an ability to motivate and support, young people
  • Have energy, drive and enthusiasm
  • Be committed to equality of opportunity and student wellbeing
  • Ideally have relevant experience of working in a school. However, if you feel you have transferable skills and are looking for a new challenge then please tell us these in the personal statement of your application.
  • Have good literacy and numeracy skills
  • Be able to establish positive and supportive relations with staff, students and their families
  • Be very well organised and able to prioritise effectively
  • Be flexible and able to work in a team situation
  • Be first aid trained or willing to undertake a first aid course

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

  • A great working relationship with staff and students
  • An extensive ‘in house’ CPD programme
  • The support of an informed and active Local Governance Committee and Trust
  • A very supportive and encouraging Senior Leadership Team
  • Close collaboration throughout the Trust
  • An opportunity to work in a good location where the cost of housing is attractive

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. Please contact us to discuss this further if you have any queries.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office to book an appointment or speak with Mrs Lucy Field; Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion).

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.

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About The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 16
Education phase
Through
School size
837 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School) website
Email address
ejohnson@sancroft.stbenets.org
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Arranging a visit to The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ejohnson@sancroft.stbenets.org.

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