Work Experience Coordinator
St George's School, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1XW13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
16 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 31.25 hours per week, term-time 38 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Hay Grade 7 - £19,624 - £21,261 per annum, actual, paid in equal instalments across 12 months
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 information about the job
Working at St George’s School means being part of a supportive, inclusive environment where every student is valued. Our staff work with children and young people with a wide range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), including those who may present with physical behaviours. Many of our students also require support with personal care and medical administration as part of their daily routines.
Applicants should be resilient and committed to compassionate, person‑centred support, confident in building trusting relationships with learners with diverse and complex needs, while upholding strong safeguarding practice.
Our school values are Perseverance, Aspiration, Independence and Respect.
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
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St George's School
- Organisation type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- Size
- 240 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- St George's School website
- 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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