Youth Support Worker - Fixed Term Contract for One Year
King Alfred's, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9BY21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible, dependent on pre-employment checks.
Closing date
12 September 2025 at 10am
Date listed
21 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,824.00 - £29,065.00 Annually (FTE) LGS Grade 6. Actual Salary based on 10 hours per week, Term Time Only; £6,078.62 - £6,586.46
Youth Support Worker - Fixed Term Contract for One Year job summary
We are seeking to recruit a 12 month Fixed Term Contract (Term Time only) Youth Support Worker for "Sweatbox" at King Alfred's Academy. The successful candidate will work Monday and Friday evening and Wednesday afternoon to promote positive relationships between youth work staff and young people based on trust, respect and a core belief that young people should be equal partners in identifying and implementing services that meet their expressed needs.
The Perks of Working with Us:
- Full support for professional development and future training (CPD)
- Recognition of prior, continuous service
- Generous holiday allowance, increasing with service
- Employees may join a staff Pension Scheme.
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program via confidential telephone service & downloadable App.
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
- Opportunity to join school trips to destinations like Normandy, Barcelona, Austria, Canada, and the USA
- Blue Light Card discount eligibility
- Birthday gift option
- Free car parking and Eye Care Vouchers
- Subsidised gym membership
- Term-time only
At King Alfred’s Academy, our mission is “Opportunity for All”— a value we are passionate about delivering daily for our students and staff. If you’re excited to contribute to a supportive school with strong, positive values, and believe you’re the right fit for this role, we’d love to hear from you!
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Michell Rozier on 01235 225700
King Alfred’s Academy is a member of the Cambrian Learning Trust. The Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.
All staff will be expected to promote fundamental British values as part of a school that values diversity and individuality, exemplified in our values of ‘one community, individual minds, creating futures. King Alfred's Academy is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
SAFER RECRUITMENT STATEMENT
King Alfred’s Academy and The Vale Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory “Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check.
Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.
The Vale Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About King Alfred's
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1763 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King Alfred's website
King Alfred’s is a learning community with a passionate, talented and dedicated staff, new and refurbished learning spaces for 21st century learning, the offer of an outstanding sixth form ranked amongst the best in the country, and a wealth of extra-curricular trips, visits and activities for students to enjoy as part of their wider learning outside the classroom.
Furthermore, King Alfred’s has an enviable reputation for providing outstanding quality and breadth of pastoral care to all students through an experienced and dedicated team of pastoral staff and student managers.
This enables students to develop as individuals with confidence and well-being throughout their school career. This strength of King Alfred’s was, quite rightly, recognised by inspectors in the recent Ofsted inspection when inspectors noted that: ‘Pupils’ welfare and safety has the highest priority. Personal, social and health education plays a key part in ensuring that pupils are happy, safe and very well cared for.’
Most importantly, for pupils making the transition from Year 6 to secondary education, West Site offers a bright, welcoming campus where they can make the change safely and happily into secondary education. The advantage of the bespoke KS3 site is that it offers a unique environment for them to make new friends, get to know a dedicated team of tutors and teachers, and adjust to the new phase of their educational lives. It is an environment in which our core values of Responsibility, Respect, Tolerance, Courage and Determination will be seen, experienced and lived consistently every day.
What is very evident throughout the school, is the impressive spirit and desire amongst the governors and staff to ensure that King Alfred’s Academy continues to grow and flourish to become the outstanding school of choice for the local community and beyond and that we truly can offer "Opportunity for All".
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