15 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    29 November 2024 at 3pm

  • Date listed

    6 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Monday to Friday, 30 hours a week

Contract type

Fixed term - One Year Paid Placement

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,420 (£17,172.69 pro-rata)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, positive person (Undergraduate in Psychology) who has experience (or would like to gain experience of working with young people.) You should be a good listener, resilient and able to be flexible. No two days are the same! Whilst you donotneed to be a Catholic, it is important to appreciate (or be willing to learn about) the distinctive nature of a Catholic education/community.

What the school offers its staff

Please visit our school website for further details: https://www.saintedmunds.org.uk/home/vacancies/vacancies-support

You will be well supported by a friendly, hard-working team, fantastic staff and lovely pupils.


Further details about the role

JOB PURPOSE:

To enable pupils with mental health and wellbeing issues access to learning by supervising and assisting pupils (one to one and in small groups) across a wide range of activities and supported learning activities.

To Supervise pupils, delivering learning activities to small groups of pupils, adjusting activities within the scope of the needs of student’s specific difficulties.

To work in partnership with teaching staff to identify and address the individual needs of students.

To assist senior staff in securing the safety and welfare of pupils throughout the day.

To supervise pupils during and between the morning and breaks as directed.

Commitment to safeguarding

In line with Safer Recruitment guidance, we DO NOT accept CV’s.

The school is committed to safeguarding and the promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of appointment

As part of our Safer Recruitment guidance social media profiles will be checked upon appointment.

As we are unable to offer a sponsorship, we can only accept applications from candidates that already have the right to work in the UK.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@saintedmunds.org.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
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About St Edmund's Catholic School

School type
Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1150 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Phone number
02392892585

St Edmund’s is a popular Voluntary Aided secondary school in the heart of Portsmouth and serves a wide area. It is an Outstanding school (Ofsted 2016 and 2022) serving a diverse population.

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