Risk Reduction Mentors
Woodlands School
Shropshire
- £18,351 - £21,733 per year
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- GRADE 6 - 7 POINT 7 - 17
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 21 June 2024
Job overview
Risk Reduction Mentors
Our amazing special school is growing - we need you to be part of our wonderful team!
We are recruiting Risk Reduction mentors. This is an exciting new role designed to support children and young people who are risk of exclusion or who struggle to engage with education and require a bespoke package to support them to be successful.
You will be part of a Risk Reduction team, designing off-site provision to remove the barriers to engagement and work with the child / young person to build their confidence and self-esteem, helping them learn how to manage their own behaviour and regulate their emotions in a safe way.
You will love the outdoors and are creative and flexible, seeing learning opportunities in any environment.
Do you remember that person from your school days who inspired and motivated you, and maybe changed your life? Could you be one of those adults for our children and young people? Are you ready to change lives?
We want your skills to help shape the futures of our amazing young people, to help them to become the best they can be. Our school is unique, full of love and laughter, and as a dedicated team of supportive colleagues, we hold the young people at the heart of everything we do. We want you to join our team, we want you to be a part of the change for our children and young people who may have never had a positive experience of education, we want you to help us to make a difference.
Can we promise everyday will be easy? No.
Can we promise that every day will be challenge-free? No.
Can we promise that you’ll love every second at our school? Absolutely.
If you feel you have something to offer, we want to talk to you - so get in touch or hit ‘APPLY’.
Grade 6 - 7 point 7 -17 (£18,351 – £21,733 actual salary (£12.59 - £14.91 per hour (pay award pending)
32.5 hours per week
Term time plus PD days (with potential for additional holiday working by agreement)
Permanent
To start September 2024
Come and make a difference to the life chances of our young people.
Woodlands is a special school for pupils who have social, emotional and mental health needs. We are proud of the high expectations and aspirations we set for every child and young person, providing an inspiring environment where everyone can learn and achieve.
We provide ambitious and exciting opportunities through well-designed and individualised curriculum packages.
You will be part of a highly effective, supportive team who readily share best practice amongst the team.
You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with individual children, young people and their parents. You will find each day rewarding, making the difference, and providing support and nurture for children and parents alike.
You will join us in celebrating success and encouraging all our young people to develop broader life skills, investing in them as a whole child.
We are incredibly proud of the achievements of all our pupils and trust that you will feel the same as we work together to ensure the successful future for them.
We offer:
· Excellent professional learning and support at every stage in your career, with opportunity for continued personal development through our Talent Pathway
· Career development opportunities
· Excellent resources and facilities
· A core belief in staff wellbeing and work life balance for all, evidenced in policy and practice
· Benefits including funded counselling, physiotherapy and GP and other medical support
· As a school in the Marches Academy Trust teachers have opportunities to engage with staff across the Trust to support and collaborate with peers and colleagues in sharing the expertise across our family of 10 schools.
If you are interested in this post and would like the opportunity to visit the school, or if you have any queries, please contact Lisa Dugmore (Business Manager) on 01939 232372 / Lisa.Dugmore@wdl.mmat.co.uk .
Lisa will be more than happy to help
To apply for the post, please visit our online recruitment site via www.marchesacademytrust.co.uk/about/careers
(Please note we do not accept CVs).
Closing date for applications : 21st June 2024
Interview Date: week commencing 24th June 2024
The Marches Academy Trust values each person equally. We are building a diverse team and embedding a welcoming, inclusive culture that encourages diversity and authenticity. We believe this will encourage creative ways of thinking – ensuring we collaborate more effectively and achieve better outcomes.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children in our care and expect all staff to embrace this. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to declare any criminal convictions and will be subject to online checks. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
We positively welcome applicants from all qualified candidates who share our ethos.
Attached documents
About Woodlands School
- Woodlands School
- Tilley Green, Wem, Shrewsbury
- Shropshire
- SY4 5PJ
- United Kingdom
Headteacher's Welcome
Welcome to our Woodlands family! I am thrilled that you are considering joining us to work alongside our dedicated staff and wonderful pupils. Let me tell you about Woodlands and our story so far.
Woodlands is a specialist provision catering for children and young people aged nine to sixteen who have Special Educational Needs (SEN), specifically Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). We provide education for up to 84 children and young people with EHC plans on a non-residential basis.
“This is a happy school where staff and pupils get along well and staff want the very best outcomes for pupils.” This is what Ofsted found when they recently inspected us and we are so proud that our report reflects our commitment to our children and young people, and to their families. This is a great place to work where the words “life changing” really apply to what we do. Staff are well supported, and wellbeing is not a buzzword but a meaningful outcome we want for all our staff.
There is a thread that runs through our history of being a school that supports vulnerable pupils who have often experienced trauma in their backgrounds, be that adverse childhood experiences or educational trauma before they found their way to us. In the 1940s this building was a school for Jewish Kindertransport refugees. Anna Essinger, who brought a whole school here from Nazi Germany, created a place where children felt safe and accepted and were able to learn. We want the same for our pupils today.
We believe in this approach, where high expectations are combined with high support and a “we know you can, and we will help you” attitude, will help our children and young people achieve what we know they are capable of. As a result, Ofsted judged our Behaviour and Attitudes as “good” as well as our Personal development, testament to the bespoke support we give to each of our children and young people who consequently feel understood and valued by the adults who support them.
Our curriculum is broad, balanced and ambitious. We provide a strong academic curriculum to GCSE / Level 2 and additionally a bespoke approach through our ‘Oaks’ provision, which includes elements of the academic curriculum and also vocational learning both in school and off-site. The curriculum is centred around the needs of the child or young person set out in their Education, Health and Care Plan and is reviewed frequently.
Our ultimate aim at Woodlands is to prepare our young people for adulthood and enable them to take their next steps knowing they have the skills for independent living and the knowledge and understanding to become healthy adults who can access employment and engage positively with their communities.
More than this even, we want them to feel loved and cared for and replace their feelings of educational failure with the experience of what success feels like, knowing that they are unique and valued and can take that belief out into the world with them when they leave us.
Julia Taylor (Headteacher)
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