Student Support Officer
Beanfield Primary School, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18 0LJ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
February 25
Closing date
5 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,864.00 Annually (Actual) FTE Salary BWT Grade 4 £25,000
Student Support Officer job summary
Our students come from all walks of life, and we want our staffing body to be reflective of the communities we work within. Brooke Weston Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, culture, age, disability, marital status or socio-economic backgrounds. We encourage and welcome applications from minority groups and foster a work environment that is inclusive as well as diverse, where people can be themselves.
Hours per week / Weeks per year: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am 3.30pm, term time only.
About Beanfield Primary School and the Student Support Officer role
Beanfield is a continuously improving school, on an exciting journey to becoming Outstanding. “Nurturing the citizens of tomorrow” is the core ethos of our school and we benefit from being a valued member of the Brooke Weston Trust, which gives us the opportunity to work alongside many different schools within the local community and further afield.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to be part of Beanfield Primary's Wellbeing Team. As a member of the team, you will support with our Rainbow Outdoor Leaning and our Rainbow Class. Rainbow Class is a Nurture group facility that supports children by removing barriers to learning. Activities are well planned in response to the children’s needs in terms of their social and emotional wellbeing. We do this by providing learning experiences at a child’s developmental stage, with a focus on play, emotional literacy and social skills.
The Student Support Officer will also work with children who may have barriers learning, and associated behaviours. You will bolster children in the classroom by developing their resilience to learning, improve their social, emotional and communication skills, ability to work as part of a team and improving their self-esteem.
As a member of staff at Beanfield Primary, we can offer you the following:
- Enhanced salaries and rapid promotional prospects
- Opportunities for continued professional development and access to the BWT Teaching School
- The support of a cohesive and committed team of teachers who work collaboratively to maintain high standards and expectations
- A freshly prepared hot or cold lunch each day
- Access to a school laptop and the latest technology throughout the school
- Salary Sacrifice schemes such as Childcare Vouchers, Bike 2 work etc.
- A dedicated staff social committee, with the purpose of creating a positive work life balance and ensuring our staff wellbeing is a key priority for all.
If you are the lucky person who acquires the role, you will work together with a team of passionate staff within our Wellbeing department. You will provide dedicated support to pupils, making learning meaningful, child centred and fun. Recognising and removing barriers to pupils’ learning is essential in this role to ensure that they can access the curriculum.
You will have a unique opportunity to grow your own career, while every day sharing your time with pupils and staff who are committed to improving the life chances and wellbeing of all.
About Brooke Weston Trust
Our Trust was formed more than 25 years ago with a simple and clear mission – to transform educational performance in all of our communities. Working in some of the most challenging contexts, we improve our students’ achievements by making long term commitments to the community and championing new approaches to improve the life chances for young people.
Our members of staff are essential to realising this vision, and a happy, motivated and supported team will deliver the best possible experiences for our young people.
We place great emphasis on creating a supportive and collaborative working environment in all our schools, where all staff can share best practice through our colleague networks. Brooke Weston staff get access to first class professional development through our Ambition Hub, which is also home to the Northamptonshire Teaching School.
To find out more about working for our Trust and the benefits available to staff please check out the BWT Join Us Guide.
Safer Recruitment
Care and respect for others are the values that lie at the heart of our Trust. The Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. It expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts require proof of identity and as the role is working with children and young people this will also be subject to an enhanced disclosures barring service check.
A copy of the Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found here - Safeguarding and Child Protection
The Trusts position on the recruitment of Ex-Offenders can be found under section 7 of the Trust SCR, Safer Recruitment and Staff Files Policy - Safer Recruitment and Staff Files Policy
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
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 Beanfield Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 721 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Beanfield Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Here at Beanfield Primary School we appoint enthusiastic and committed staff, who can deliver excellent standards, motivate and inspire our pupils in all areas of school.
‘No child should be left behind’ is our core ethos led by the Brooke Weston Trust of which we have been a member since 2012. Beanfield is a three form entry Primary Academy, with current capacity from September 2016, for 700+ pupils across our mainstream provsion, Nursery (78) and SEN Unit Provision (55).
We are keen to support staff with a wide range of personal development opportunities to ensure all colleagues are fully equipped to deliver consistent and high quality learning. Our aspirations are very high as our pupils deserve the best opportunities.
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