Havering Schools Jobs
Safeguarding & Family Support Practitioner
- Employer: Corbets Tey School
- Reference: SCH/19/111327
Corbets Tey School
Harwood Hall Lane
Upminster. RM14 2YQ
Telephone: 01708 225888
Head Teacher: Emma Allen
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Corbets Tey @ The Avelon
100 Avelon Road
Rainham RM13 7DH
Telephone: 01708 225888
Head Teacher: Emma Allen
Safeguarding and Family Support Practitioner
Hours/Weeks per year: 36 hours per week 40 weeks per year
Job Status: Permanent, Part Time
Responsible To: Head Teacher / Lead Teacher for Parent Partnership
Grade: SO2 plus SEN allowance
Salary: £31,548 -£33,291 + £1,264 (pro rata to hours worked)
Corbets Tey School caters for 155 pupils aged from 4-19. Currently 3% of pupils have Moderate Learning Disabilities, 84% have Severe Learning Disabilities and 13% have Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. Also 55% of pupils have Autism and 86% have Speech, Language or Communication Needs.
The school holds specialist status in Communication and Interaction and was judged as ‘Good’ at the last Ofsted inspection in March 2018. The school has an outstanding and sustainable approach to parental engagement and achieved the Leading Parent Partnership Award in 2016.
The school has a calm, purposeful yet stimulating and welcoming high quality learning environment with pleasant surroundings and specialist resources and facilities.
We are looking for a skilled, passionate, enthusiastic and dynamic Support Practitioner to enhance our commitment to achieving positive outcomes and wellbeing for our children and their families. We would like to appoint a Safeguarding and Family Support Practitioner who will work to strengthen our families’ resilience and support them in being proactive in their own futures. With a firm focus on achieving positive outcomes the successful candidate will work closely with our vulnerable families to support positive changes and enable family health and wellbeing. We are looking for the right person to continue to strengthen our safeguarding arrangements to protect our children and families from abuse and to focus on early intervention and prevention through parent information sessions and training. The successful candidate will work with other agencies to provide seamless care and support for our families.
Visits are welcome by appointment - please contact us on 01708 225888 or email recruitment@corbetstey.havering.sch.uk
Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 28th October 2019
Interviews: Week commencing 5th November 2019
This post is exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced disclosure.
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal OpportunitiesHavering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.