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  • Job start date

    12 November 2024

  • Closing date

    17 October 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    25 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor
  • Pastoral, health and welfare

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Working pattern

Part time: 24 Hours - Term time. Position to be based Mid Cornwall - working from home with access to office space at Glynn House

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,630 - £28.351

Actual salary

£14,176 - £15,681

Pay scale

NJC 7 – 13

What skills and experience we're looking for

Position to be based Mid Cornwall - working from home with access to office space at Glynn House

We are looking to appoint an outstanding Pastoral Support Worker at CHES Academy. The successful candidate will embody the Trust values; someone who has diverse experience, as well as a passion for working with young people with additional needs.

Our ideal candidate will have excellent teamwork and communication skills, the ability and enthusiasm to make a difference with students who have a range of needs.

This unique and rewarding role works under the direction of the Senior Leadership Team and will complement the work of the Pastoral Support Manager; using a ‘whole family’ approach and focusing on the strengths within the family. Whilst also promoting the importance of consistent school attendance and engagement with education.

The Pastoral Support Worker plays a crucial part in the effective safeguarding of children and young people.

For a full list of duties, please see the job description.

Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

To apply please use our application form available on our website How to Apply - Wave MAT.

What the school offers its staff

  • Pension Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Counselling
  • Occupational Health Services
  • Professional Development & Training
  • Salary depending on experience
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Tech Scheme
  • Free Will Writing Benefit
  • Health & Wellbeing Champion
  • Company sick pay dependent on service
  • Free refreshments in workplaces

Further details about the role

Wave are an established and successful Multi Academy Trust, comprising of Alternative Provision Academies (APAs), Medical Academies (including Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s child and adolescent mental health unit ‘Sowenna’) and 2 Special Academies (including one in pre-opening).

We provide education for vulnerable pupils aged 4 – 19 across Devon, Cornwall and we are expanding to Somerset with our special free school. The Trust has a national reputation for the delivery of outstanding pupil outcomes including enabling pupils to access the most appropriate education setting and transition to employment, training and higher or further education. The Trust educates over 1000 pupils and employs over 350 members of staff.

We Aim To

  • Provide a balanced and broad curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
  • Give access to the National Curriculum; provide opportunities for external accreditation, and, for those pupils with specific learning difficulties, effective and personalised programmes.
  • Ensure all pupils are supported to develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others. Promoting emotional well-being and self-esteem; helping our pupils to recognise their potential and work positively within their community.
  • We will respect all pupils and encourage them to become active participants in their own learning, develop confidence, independence, self-esteem and express their needs and desires.
  • Seek effective and positive working relationships with pupils’ families, schools and other agencies.
  • Enable effective outcomes for our pupils.

Commitment to safeguarding

Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. An online check may be carried out.

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About Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 16
School size
5 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 16

CHES Academy is a medical provision academy that provide education for children and young people with complex medical and/or mental health needs which prevent them from attending school. We pride ourselves in providing pupils with access to high quality education, ensuring they are thoroughly prepared for the next stage in their learning journey. Personalisation is the cornerstone of our pedagogy; the curriculum is bespoke and programmes are crafted to meet individual needs which demands a totally flexible and adaptable approach to teaching and learning from all involved.

Our medical provisions provide personalised education through a combination of centre teaching, individual teaching and online learning. CHES has three teaching centres in Cornwall; Glynn House our school base in Truro; our Hospital School room in the Royal Cornwall Hospital and our Education Unit within Sowenna, the adolescent Tier 4 unit in Bodmin.

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