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Secondary Outreach Targeted Support Worker

North Herts Education Support Centre, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 3LY

This job expired on 22 April 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 April 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  27 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,624.00 - £28,624.00 Annually (FTE) Actual £21,505

Secondary Outreach Targeted Support Worker job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Secondary Outreach Team, and so we are seeking a motivated and committed individual to join us as a Secondary Outreach Targeted Support Worker. We strive to improve the outcomes for young people who are often facing significant challenges within their lives and, as a result, are not enjoying and achieving within education.

Outreach staff support the area’s mainstream schools by working directly with identified pupils who display challenging or negative behaviours. As part of our team, you will help to create and implement a bespoke package of mentoring, advice and support, working closely with a wide range of school staff and external professionals. We are passionate about supporting young people and work tirelessly to find solutions to students’ individual challenges. You must understand the many adverse childhood experiences which can be a barrier to success for our young people and be committed to finding solutions to challenging problems.

Our primary aim is to avoid or reduce permanent exclusions within mainstream schools, supporting managed moves and transitions to appropriate or alternative settings where necessary.

You will need to hold a current valid driver’s licence, as you will be travelling to secondary schools to support students in their mainstream settings within the North Herts area (Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock and Royston).

We offer a friendly supportive environment in which we are continually developing and striving for excellence, through a commitment to continuing professional development.

Applicants are strongly recommended to visit the Centre, prior to interview, by appointment only. Please note applicants who do not receive confirmation of an interview have been unsuccessful.

The Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced check from the Disclosure and Barring Service to comply with the current national regulations. North Herts ESC is an Equal Opportunities employer.

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The closing date and time: 8am, Tuesday 22 April 2025

Candidates selected for an interview will be contactedby: COB 22 April 2025

Interview date: Week commencing the 28April 2025

Interviews will take place ASAP.

‘Short Listed candidates are subject to an online search’

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.

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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 North Herts Education Support Centre

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 0 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Herts Education Support Centre website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-herts-education-support-centre

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