SEMH Key Worker (1 x Sleep in)

Bure Park Specialist Academy, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 4AE

37 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 November 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 June 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,497.00 - £23,408.00 Annually (Actual) Actual Salary £21,497 - £23,408 per annum plus £1344 per annum allowance

SEMH Key Worker (1 x Sleep in) job summary

SEMH Key Worker

Scale F12 – 17 - £26,421 - £28,770 paid pro-rata

Actual Salary £21,497 - £23,408 per annum plus 1 x Sleep In per week (Thursday) £1344 per annum allowance 

Term time plus 1 week

Start: TBC

Come and join our essential ‘Team around the Child’ and be part of the successful ‘Broad Horizons Education Trust’.  We have vacancies for SEMH Key Workers at Bure Park Specialist Academy in Great Yarmouth.

Bure Park Specialist Academy is a residential special school for boys in the age range 7 – 16 with social, emotional and mental health difficulties.  Our students arrive with disrupted educational experiences and complex difficulties and our team will be responsible for ensuring that they leave with superb outcomes academically, socially and behaviourally.  The Academy is part of Broad Horizons Education Trust and we share their vision that improving the life chances of all pupils is at the heart of all we do.

We are looking to recruit SEMH Key Workers who will be responsible for the care and leisure time of groups of students under the supervision and the direction of the Senior SEMH Keyworker team.  The successful candidate will be responsible for the care and control provided to students and training and counselling of students in personal and social competence.  The successful candidates will be an advocate for a small group of children supporting both their home and their development in school.    You will be required to participate in the sleep in rota where you will stay overnight in the school.  This is an exciting opportunity for someone wishing to be part of a highly motivated exceptional team who strive to achieve the highest standards and who are instrumental in ensuring that we change children's lives.  

The Academy runs a very strong staff support and development programme. The successful candidates will be reliable, persistent and loyal, with a good sense of humour and strength of character.  The academy is looking for people who have a variety of interests outside the curriculum that would lend themselves to leading activities with children.

The successful applicants must be prepared to undergo any further training as requested by the Trust and will be subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore you will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether disqualified under these regulations. 

For more information regarding this vacancy please contact the Recruitment Team by email at recruitment@bhetrust.co.uk or by contacting Bure Park Academy on 01493 807390.

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This Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check and attend a Warner Interview. Right to Work in the UK will need to be established. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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About Bure Park Specialist Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 50 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bure Park Specialist Academy website (opens in new tab)
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