Work Experience Coordinator
St George's School, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1XW7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 31.25 hours per week, term-time only, 38 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £19,759 - £20,744 per annum
Pay scale
- Hay Grade 7
What skills and experience we're looking for
It is essential that applicants possess the following:
- Relevant experience and understanding of working with SEN students
- A relevant qualification or equivalent experience
- Proven ability to produce reports and accurately interpret information and data
- Good team working skills, and able to work to deadlines
- A strong student focus, holding safeguarding at the centre of their practice.
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer
- Wonderful students.
- The opportunity to be part of an adaptable, committed and skilled staff team.
- A creative learning environment, timetable and curriculum.
- A wide range of training opportunities for career development.
Further details about the role
The community of St George’s empowers everyone to feel safe, valued and welcome.
We work towards our aspirations and celebrate our personal achievements. We learn to make choices that shape our future; enabling us to have our voices heard, be respected, develop resilience and independence to take our place in society.
THE ROLE
As a Work Experience Coordinator you will work with students to ensure they are all able to access work experience placements that allow them to gain positive and relevant experience of the world of work.
You will achieve this through building good relationships with employers and other work experience coordinators in schools across the Island. You will liaise with students, parents and teachers to assess work experience needs, in order to match students with appropriate placements, enabling them to gain a meaningful and enjoyable experience.
In addition, you will carry out workplace risk assessments, monitoring of effectiveness of placements and associated administrative duties. You will also be required to support in class as a Level 3 Learning Support Assistant as and when the Work Experience Coordinator role allows.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jenny.holmes@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St George's School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 200 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St George's School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jenny.holmes@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01983 539757
St George's School is a unique provision for SEN as a secondary school for students with severe and complex needs.
Arranging a visit to St George's School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jenny.holmes@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk.
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