Support Worker (SEN)
Rivers Education Support Centre, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 0AAThis job expired on 11 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
11 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,483.00 - £26,573.00 Annually (Actual) HAY Grade: H6.14 (£24,483 to H6.19 (£26,537) - dependant on expereince
Support Worker (SEN) job summary
The Phoenix Centre support young people at Tier 3 and 4 of the DSPL4 Behaviour Service. We offer intensified outreach and short-term provision for primary school aged children who are at risk of permanent exclusion. Children who attend The Phoenix Centre will receive bespoke therapeutic packages of support. These are designed to help children develop the skills they would need to be successful in their mainstream school. We are also able to provide short-term educational support for children who have been permanently excluded.
Rivers Education Support Centre - Who are we? (riversesc.herts.sch.uk)
Do you have a passion for inspiring children to bring out their full potential? Do you want to effect real change to the lives of children who need it the most? Do you want to work in a highly skilled and pro-active team? Then Phoenix Centre could be the place for you!
We are looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and inspirational Support Worker to work with children who are at risk of permanent exclusion or who have been permanently excluded from mainstream primary school. We work with a varied cohort of children who come to us for a two-term placement to support their social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
We are a friendly and welcoming team who really care about our staff. We work hard and believe in the very best for the children that come through our doors. We believe in work-life balance and the well being of our staff and children is at the core of everything we do.
If you think your next journey could be with us at Phoenix, please don’t hesitate to contact the DSPL4 Phoenix Centre Base Lead Mrs Annie Swan (annie.swan@riversesc.herts.sch.uk) to come and look around and meet our fantastic children.
The safe recruitment of staff is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in education. Rivers ESC and The Phoenix Centre are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects anyone applying to work in our school to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, including satisfactory enhanced criminal records with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring service (Enhanced DBS check), health check, employment reference checks and online/social media checks. Visits from potential applicants are welcomed.
We aim to be an equal-opportunities employer and welcome applications irrespective of race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation and/or age. We value the individuality and creativity that every worker potentially brings to the workforce.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The safe recruitment of staff is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in education.
Rivers ESC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects anyone applying to work in our school to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory enhanced criminal record with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check), health check, employment reference checks and online/social media checks.
About Rivers Education Support Centre
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 29 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Rivers Education Support Centre website
Rivers Education Support Centre provides educational programmes to support pupils who are at serious risk of permanent exclusion, or who have been permanently excluded from their mainstream school.
The Centre’s vision is to inspire and enable pupils to:
•Become confident, independent and successful young people
•Excel in Learning
•Engage positively with the community
•Be ambitious for their futures.
Key Stage 3
At the Key Stage 3 centre in Hertford, pupils either attend for an agreed period of respite or for a longer period while next steps are arranged. Pupils are provided with a broad curriculum and barriers to education are identified. Pupils are supported to find strategies to overcome these barriers to support them to be successful in school. Once a mainstream school has been identified, pupils are supported to reintegrate by the Rivers ESC outreach team. Where appropriate, statutory assessments are conducted for pupils in Key Stage 3 to identify additional support that may be required and in some instances to support the process towards a placement in an alternative/specialist provision.
Key Stage 4
The Key Stage 4 centre in Hoddesdon provides education for year 10 and 11 pupils. Many pupils are supported to reintegrate back into mainstream school once it has been identified that they are likely to be successful. Rivers ESC works with the Fair Access team in Hertfordshire to choose the new school placement and to plan how to meet the additional needs of the pupil who is reintegrating.
KS4 pupils complete a wide range of exam based and vocational qualifications to work towards future aspirations and chosen career pathways. Some KS4 pupils may work on learning pathways which include attendance at alternative provisions supported by centre staff. Pupils have access to a broad range of subjects at a variety of levels and are guided to be highly aspirational with the courses they select. Pupil outcomes are outstanding.
The safe recruitment of staff is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in education.
Rivers ESC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and promoting the welfare of the pupils in its care and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We welcome visits from potential applicants.
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