Therapeutic Youth Worker

The Bridge School Sedgemoor, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5HT

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  9 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 February 2025

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: £27,409.00 - £30,575.00 Annually (Actual)

Therapeutic Youth Worker job summary

The Bridge School Sedgemoor are looking for a Therapeutic Youth Worker- Grade 11 position. 37 Hours per week, 39 weeks per year- Term time plus inset days.

Hours our work Monday-Thursday 10am- 6pm, Friday 10am-5.30pm (however, this may change according to the needs of the young person at anytime). This is a permanent role and there is a possibility of additional hours during school holiday periods.

Salary approximately £27,409- £30,575 depending on experience.

We are excited to be expanding and developing our team of specialist and highly skilled staff to work with our children and young people at The Bridge School. We are looking for someone who is resilient, nurturing, has a sense of humour and who can engage young people in practical, community based activities.

We are looking for someone who has experience in youth work and/or mentoring teenagers and young adults, who is skilled in engaging them, can build relationships quickly and has the resilience to work in challenging situations.

We are looking for someone who has the flexibility to change their hours to suit an activity or the young person's timetable and ideally who can work up until 6pm.

If you have patience, are resilient and looking for a new challenge. If you want to make a difference to vulnerable children and young people and care about their outcomes, are able to work flexibly, creatively and can build relationships with children and young people, we would very much like to hear from you.

In return, we will offer the successful candidate:

• Skilled and experienced like minded team to work alongside and support each other
• Regular supervision and wellbeing support
• Full induction programme and ongoing professional development
• 'My Staff Shop' benefits which include Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to Occupational Health Service
• Weekly wellbeing swim sessions

Enquiries are welcomed, and visits encouraged. if you would like to arrange this, please email Jo Stamford, assistant HR manager, at HR@poldenbower.org.uk or call 01278 496386

Polden Bower school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical clearance proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references.

Following the acceptance of your interview, an online check will be carried out as detailed in the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Bridge School Sedgemoor

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 59 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Bridge School Sedgemoor website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bridge-school-sedgemoor (opens in new tab)

The Bridge School, Sedgemoor is one of four Pupil Referral Units commissioned by Somerset County Council and Somerset schools. We provide services through a number of centres for students who have a range of social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. All students are referred through their mainstream schools in the Sedgemoor area.

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