Communication Support Worker

Job Description

RequiredMay 2019

Band 6 - Range 23 to 32 (21,635 to £28,236 after pro rata)

7.45am-3.45pm Monday to Thursday/7.45am-3.15pm Friday (37 hours per week)

Term time plus 2 additional weeks during holidays for extra-curricular activities and or training (39 working weeks per year)

We require a Communicator for pupilsin theHearing Impaired Resource Base at St Clere's School.

This specialist will have Level 6 BSL, excellent English skills and will preferably be a qualified communication support worker to fully support students who communicate orally in addition to those who use BSL. You will facilitate the integration of hearing impaired pupils in the mainstream classroom and on the playground/sports field.

GCSE English andMaths grade C or above (grade 4 or above) are required.

Closing date: 21st April 2019

Short listing date: 23rd April 2019

Interview date: Week commencing 29th April 2019

If you wish to be considered application forms are available from our website www.st-cleres.thurrock.sch.uk or alternatively, please request an application form from:

Contact details: Marie Poole - HR Officer

Tel: 01375 648962

m.poole.scs@osborne.coop

The Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.

Information about the School

St Clere’s School is a secondary school and Co-operative Academy with an ethos that promotes excellence for all. Everything we do is underpinned by Co-operative values that guide and develop our students through their education to become successful, responsible and confident adults. We work in partnership with a family of schools including East Tilbury Primary School, Stanford-le-Hope Primary School, Thameside Primary School, Arthur Bugler Primary School and Brentwood County High School. Due to our excellent Science facilities and results, we were awarded Specialist Science College status in 2010. We have since been awarded a second specialism in Sport because of our outstanding amenities and standards.

We have over 1100 students here, who are busy finding out that learning can be enjoyable and will bring them greater opportunities in life. Our well-qualified staff teach with great energy and expertise in an environment that has exceptional standards.

St Clere’s School is located on the edge of Stanford-le-Hope, a short distance from the A13, and is surrounded by a large expanse of playing fields, which enable us to enjoy a vast array of sports. We have a range of facilities including a state of the art Drama studio, an Apple Mac suite, fully refurbished Science labs, Sports Pavilion, 3G all weather floodlit pitch, tennis courts and an exceptionally well-stocked Library with research and quiet study space. In addition, we have classrooms with up-to-date ICT resources, which enhance the teaching for all students and provide a comfortable environment in which to learn.

Our reputation is one of very high academic standards and outstanding pupil conduct. St Clere’s School has gone from strength to strength and the past few years, St. Clere's School pupils have achieved significantly above national results. The Maths department have continued their trend of results, high in the 80s where one third of pupils left with a top grade of 7 to 9. The English department has also mirrored that success with results high in the 80s and significantly above national. Additionally, our progress score continues to be a solid positive and our Ebacc results are above national. Both ICT and separate sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) were 100% A* to C. These results are significantly above national figures and some of the best results in the history of our school, demonstrating: high quality teaching and learning; continuous dedication of staff and the engagement for learning of our pupils. All of this is evident on a daily basis at St Clere’s School.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.