Youth Worker (In Wadham’s Enhanced Social & Emotional Learning Provision)

Wadham School, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7NT

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, term time plus INSET, 39 working weeks 8.15am – 4.15pm Monday to Thursday 8.15am to 3.45pm Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 year in the first instance
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 15 Pt 3 – 4 (actual salary £21,233 - £21.566)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an energetic and positive individual, who values young people and their learning, to be involved in supporting young people within our onsite alternative provision.

Our aim is to improve the outcomes and life chances of vulnerable young people with complex needs and to help them realise their full potential.

Your work will involve supporting small groups with their academic and social emotional development. The curriculum in this provision will also provide the students with opportunities and strategies to develop personal resilience in meeting the barriers to their progress.

Experience of supporting young people with social, emotional and mental health need is essential, as is experience of a PACE or THRIVE approach to learning, experience in a school, competent use of ICT and good interpersonal skills. An awareness of the safeguarding framework in schools is desirable, although all staff will complete annual safeguarding training.

Wadham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Visits to the school or an informal talkare warmly encouraged.

What the school offers its staff

Wadham School can offer you:

• Voluntary pension scheme through Somerset County Council
• On-site parking (on a first-come - first-served basis)
• Training and CPD in safeguarding, health and safety and other relevant courses
• Strong and supportive leadership who places value on learning beyond the classroom
• Fulfilment, in knowing that you matter, and the work you do makes a positive difference to the lives you touch

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Youth Worker JD and PS - June 26.pdf - 280 KB (opens in new tab)

About Wadham School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 769 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wadham School website
• Email address: cbailey@wadhamschool.co.uk
• Phone number: 01460 270123
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wadham-school

Are you looking to work in a Good school (Ofsted, June 2019) with a community working together for the best possible outcomes for young people?

Wadham School is friendly, vibrant and forward looking. It is an exciting time at Wadham School. We strive to be a school which uses an evidence based approach to teaching and an ethos and drive for the school to be much more than just learning in lessons. A varied programme of extra-curricular activities and house competitions provides an exciting opportunity for staff to be involved in the wider school community. At our core is an aim, through everything that we do, to develop a sense of hope, a hope which will encourage and support students in becoming the best that they can be.

The school serves a beautiful area of South Somerset with excellent links to the wider South West, Bristol and Bath and direct train links to London from Crewkerne itself and Taunton.
If the above gives you a picture of a community that you would be excited to be part of then the students and staff at Wadham School invite your application and would love to meet you.

Arranging a visit to Wadham School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cbailey@wadhamschool.co.uk.

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