Student and Family Early Help Co-ordinator
Ormiston Chadwick Academy, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7HU15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
6 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
15 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,586.00 - £35,235.00 Annually (Actual)
Student and Family Early Help Co-ordinator job summary
We are looking for a Student & Family Early Help Coordinator to support the Academy’s Student Welfare Team by coordinating early help and interventions for targeted students and families within the Academy.
You will be overseeing our students who are on a Multi-Agency Plan within the Academy, building links and working in partnership with parents, carers and other professionals. You will work to promote the well-being and improve the attendance and punctuality of the children and young people in the care of the academy. This is a full time (37 hours per week) all year round role with 26 days annual leave initially, rising to 29 days after 5 years service.
Ormiston Chadwick Academy opened in Widnes in September 2014 serving the community of West Widnes. Our Academy is large enough to offer an outstanding curriculum but small enough to have a strong community ethos in which all students are known and nurtured to achieve their potential.
Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, a MAT of 43 primary and secondary academies. The Trust’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust.
Ormiston Academies Trust is an ethical sponsor, committed to improving the life chances of young people. We share their vision for all young people to have the highest academic, social and practical skills to allow them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our successful candidate will contribute towards the provision of care, guidance and support for our students and ideally will have a sound knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection procedures as they will act as DDSL over the holiday periods in the absence of the DSL.
You should have:
- Experience of working with children/young people and their families (11 -18) in a voluntary or professional capacity.
- Experience of working in partnership with external agencies including local safeguarding partnerships.
- Strong literacy, ICT and communication skills.
- Min level 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning or equivalent plus GCSE Math’s and English grade C or above.
- Experience of working in a busy environment with conflicting priorities & requiring high levels of accuracy.
If you would relish the opportunity of working with us and have the skills and experience we are looking for, then we would welcome your application.
If you have any queries, please contact the academy via email at: admin@ocacademy.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 6 December 2024, early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found.
Ormiston Chadwick Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Ormiston Chadwick Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 933 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Ormiston Chadwick Academy website (opens in new tab)
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