Student Support Officer
Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1QEThis job expired on 31 January 2022 – see similar jobs
Closing date
31 January 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37.5 hours per week, Term Time + 1 week inset
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Actual salary £18,920 per annum (£21,775 full time equivalent)
Student Support Officer job summary
About the role: Do you pride yourself on your ability to build and maintain good working relationships with young adults? Can you empathise whilst being firm but fair? The Leigh Academy have a great opportunity and are seeking to appoint a Student Support Officer who will support students across the academy with attendance, with their behaviour for learning and their emotional wellbeing.
The Student Support Officer will take on responsibilities to provide support to other pastoral staff, involving behaviour mentoring, liaising with other provisions where students are educated off site and supporting attendance and punctuality. Whilst full training will be offered when in post, our successful candidate will have some prior experience of working in a similar capacity directly with young people, offering an empathetic and restorative outlook for the benefit of the students. They will also take on responsibility for organising, providing administrative support and supervision for the Curriculum Support Centre (CSC), having a positive impact on student learning.
There may also be the opportunity to take on the role of Mental Health Lead, with training provided. This would involve liaising with external agencies for example NHS trailblazers and external counsellors who provide on site support for identified students, as well as overseeing external speakers delivering assemblies and workshops.
The basis of this role is permanent, Term Time + 1 week inset, 8.00am - 4.00pm (Monday - Friday with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break). The actual salary is £18,920 (£21,775 full time equivalent).
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Further information about the job
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 Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1335 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy website
- Email address
- talent@latrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01634412200
School location
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