Psychometric Assessor and Intervention Specialist

The Laurus Trust, Cheadle, SK8 7JY

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  2 December 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 30 hours per week Term Time Only basis.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,370 - £26,307 (Actual salary)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a friendly and enthusiastic Psychometric Assessor and Intervention Specialist to join our growing team. In this rewarding role, you will lead and coordinate the process for identifying students who need additional support across for exams to ensure that they receive appropriate exam access arrangements and intervention to support their specific needs. You will work alongside the Pastoral, SEND and Exams teams to ensure that they remain effective in identifying and implementing appropriate exam concessions.

Here at the Laurus Trust we are able to provide a cutting-edge SEND provision that has a positive impact on our young people, and we are currently looking to recruit caring and dedicated individuals to join our SEND team. You will play a vital role in enhancing pupils/students progress whilst promoting their independence, self-esteem and social inclusion. A comprehensive offer of professional learning is in place and we ensure that all schools have designated work spaces for staff. A broad range of training in SEND is in place across all our schools focus on whole school SEND issues as well as specific training for SEND teams.

This position is contracted on a 30 hours per week Term Time Only basis. This means you will mainly work when the school is open to pupils and will not need to work during the school holidays unless the contract requires you to do so. In total you will be in work for a minimum of 37 out of 52 weeks.

Job Purpose

• Work collaboratively with Pastoral and SEND teams to develop their understanding of how to appropriately identify students in need of access arrangements by providing effective training and guidance.
• Lead and develop a clear strategy for assessing students for exam access arrangements across the school.
• Ensure that each student with an access arrangement has the appropriate evidence in place to illustrate a history of need

Key Skills and Experiences

• Sound Educational background including GCSE's in Maths and English (A*-C) or equivalent.
• Relevant Level 7 qualification Specialist Assessor/CPT3A which meets JCQ regulations.
• Experience of working with young people with additional needs either in a residential or working environment.
• An understanding of the current provision for students with special educational needs and current developments in SEN would be an advantage.
• Experience of working collaboratively with parents to secure better outcomes for young people.
• Experience of working in a school classroom environment with SEN students.

We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date.

What the school offers its staff

The Laurus Trust is a highly successful and growing multi-academy trust in the North West of England, with Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS), the founder school, at its centre. All our Laurus Schools are oversubscribed and have a reputation, both locally and further afield, for outstanding teaching and learning through the relentless pursuit of excellence and the determination to ensure that every child succeeds.

At the Laurus Trust, it is not just about what we do but also about how we do it. We like to work with individuals who are able to demonstrate ourcore behaviourswhich set out the expectations we have of our staff.

The nucleus of the Trust is our multi-functional and dedicated Central Services Team who provides continuous operational support to all of our schools across the Trust. This includes HR, Recruitment, Finance, Payroll & Pensions Administration, Marketing & Communications, IT, Estates & Facilities Management and Compliance and Data. Each team works tirelessly to ensure all services run smoothly and efficiently, enabling our teaching and education support staff to focus on delivering an outstanding education for our students.

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 Laurus Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Laurus Trust website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@laurustrust.co.uk
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The Laurus Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), committed to providing exceptional academic education to its family of schools across Stockport, Manchester, Tameside, and Cheshire East. Schools under the Laurus Trust consistently achieve outstanding results through a relentless pursuit of excellence and a dedication to student success.

Cheadle Hulme High School is the founding school of the Laurus Trust and was rated ‘Outstanding’ in the school’s last inspection and regularly features in the The Times and The Sunday Times Parent Power listing. The Trust’s commitment to excellence is evident not only at its founding school, but also in the outstanding achievements of Laurus Ryecroft, Laurus Cheadle Hulme, Didsbury High School, and Gorsey Bank Primary School – all receiving the top rating from Ofsted in their most recent inspections.

The Laurus Trust is continually growing, managing a comprehensive network of four primary schools, six high schools, and four established Sixth Forms. Their commitment to growth continues in September 2024 with the opening of Crown Street Primary School, the first new primary school in Manchester City Centre in nearly two decades.

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