Job Description
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LGS Scale 5
35.42 hours per week (8.15am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday)
39 working weeks (44.3 paid weeks)
Actual annual salary from £16,144 (Fulltime equivalent £19,945 per annum)
Start Date - October 2020
We are seeking to appoint a Pastoral Support Assistant to join our team to provide support to students and parents.
The role will involve:
- Supporting and facilitating effective home/school relationships for students with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
- Encouraging and facilitating the use of consistent behaviour management strategies in home and school
- Establishing and co-ordinating links with parents/carers, school staff, behaviour support colleagues and external agencies as appropriate with a clear understanding about confidentiality
- Supporting the safeguarding team, students and parents/carers when incidents arise. To attend meetings with regard to safeguarding issue should the need arise.
In order to achieve this, you will need to have:
- A good standard of education (ideally Maths/English GCSE grade A* to C or equivalent);
- A commitment to high standards of achievement from students and yourself;
- Excellent organisational skills and competence in common IT applications;
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to act on your own initiative;
- An enthusiastic, can-do attitude with a good sense of humour.
- Commitment to safeguarding and child protection.
This is an exciting time to join our school. You will become part of a positive, aspirational and fun team that values the contribution of its staff immensely. Training can be provided and ongoing professional development will be encouraged.
A full job description is attached, together with application forms and more information can be found on the school's website.
www.tla.essex.sch.uk
Please email the completed application form to recuitment@sigmatrust.org.uk or post to HR Team at The Sigma Trust, Tendring Education Centre, Jaywick Lane, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 8BE. Please do not hesitate to contact the Sigma Trust by email or on 01255 750913 should you require any further information regarding this position.
Closing date: Friday 2nd October 2020 at Midday
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. A disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service will be sought for successful candidates.
Information about the School
The Thomas Lord Audley School is a high performing, over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school with just under 800 students (capacity 840), situated to the south of Colchester. It is the "most improved school in Essex" (Essex LA September 2016). It serves a diverse catchment area including Old Heath, Monkwick, Shrub End and the villages to the south of Colchester including the community of Mersea Island.
Categorised as good and rapidly improving in its recent Ofsted inspection, it has been commended for the quality of its leadership, the standard of its teaching, and the welfare, behaviour and achievement of its pupils.
On 1 September 2016, the school joined The Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools with The Stanway School, St Helena School, Clacton County High School, Monkwick Junior School and Monkwick Infants School and Nursery. In the past, the school has benefited from the Stanway Federation’s programme of seconding high quality staff between schools and the development of wide-ranging in-service training which has led to on-going school improvement. Working in collaboration with all the schools within The Sigma Trust can only enhance this development.
Safeguarding
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.