Pupil and Family Support Worker

Job Description

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for a Pupil and Family Support (PFS) Worker to join a forward-looking 11 - 19 school. The Sweyne Park School is the lead school in the newly established Rayleigh Schools Trust and works with a local primary school, providing a 0 - 19 educational experience for the local community. The successful applicant will have experience of working with pupils and families to support them with emotional difficulties, behavioural concerns, self- esteem and friendship/relationship difficulties.

Staff in the Pupil and Family Support department work as a strong team, to build and maintain good relationships with pupils, staff, parents/carers and other agencies, to deliver intervention programmes for pupils presenting with mental health issues and/or social, emotional or behavioural difficulties. This role offers the opportunity to work with enthusiastic, supportive and committed colleagues.

The Sweyne Park School:

· was graded 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in May 2010;

· opened a new Sixth Form in September 2014;

· is a heavily oversubscribed school;

· is highly committed to staff welfare and development;

· has strong, ethical leadership and fair recruitment and retention practices;

· was one of the first schools in the county to gain 'Thinking School' status in 2012.

Employee Benefits

The school is committed to the professional development of its staff. Sweyne Park will provide opportunities and new challenges for those who wish to progress their career.

Essential Skills and Experience

· plan the delivery of intervention programmes for pupils presenting with mental health issues and or social, emotional or behavioural difficulties

· work with pupils to support them with emotional difficulties, behavioural concerns, self- esteem and friendship/relationship difficulties (e.g. help pupils to develop strategies) and ensure that accurate and contemporaneous case records are kept

· provide support, advice and strategies to parents and or staff

· build and maintain good relationships with pupils, school staff, parents/carers, other agencies working with the child

· write accurate reports, deal effectively with referral forms, and attend meetings and case reviews.

· oversee responsibilities within PFS or the wider school (line managed by the Head of Department)

· ability to travel to meetings

· work flexibly; carry out any other reasonable duties as required

· an understanding of, and ability to comply with, procedures for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults

· adhere to Data Protection Policy, ensuring that confidentiality is maintained at all times

· experience of Therapeutic Interventions and Behaviour Management

Hours

The role is for 40 hours per week from 8am - 4.30pm, for 45.1 weeks of the year (five of which are paid holiday entitlement along with five days employment in the summer holiday).

If you are an outstanding practitioner who is people focused, resilient and passionate about helping pupils to strive for excellence, we would look forward to receiving your application.

Information about the School

Welcome to The Sweyne Park School, we are a larger than average mixed, 11-18 comprehensive school. The School became an academy on 1st April 2013 and opened its Sixth Form in September 2014.

Our school is a safe and happy environment and central to our school is a belief in respect - respect for yourself, respect for others and respect for the environment. We believe that our focus on respect leads to high expectations and excellent discipline, and this in turn leads to the highest possible achievement for each individual pupil. In December 2018 we were the first Secondary School in the East of England to achieve the prestigious Rights Respecting Gold Award.

At Sweyne Park we are determined to provide first class teaching and learning for all our pupils. This aim is supported by our commitment to recruiting and retaining the very best staff, and our nationally recognised programme of staff training. We do our utmost to ensure our pupils achieve strong examination results and progress on to high quality destinations. We provide a broad and balanced academic curriculum with a wide range of cultural, artistic, sporting and social opportunities. We are committed to very strong partnerships between home, school and community members. We believe that the whole community can contribute to motivating and supporting pupils’ progress. In October 2017, the Sweyne Park School and Glebe Primary formed a Multi-Academy Trust, the Rayleigh Schools Trust (“The RST”).