Education Support Worker
Pathways School
Barking
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2022
- Apply by:
- 15 October 2021
Job overview
Education Support Worker Post
Full Time Salary – £23,377
Pro rata Salary - £18,400.91 (Take Home)
32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Start date: January 2022 or before if available
Are you creative, courageous and resilient and want to make a real, tangible difference to children and young people’s lives?
We have a range of fantastic opportunities for Education Support Workers in a unique special school for pupils with social, emotional, behavioral and mental health needs in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham, a diverse urban area.
Pathways School is a small special school, currently catering for pupils from KS2 to KS4 and offering a curriculum based on a child’s right to ‘Learn, Grow and Thrive’. We absolutely believe that all our children and young people deserve to achieve and succeed and will do so, with the right guidance and academic and pastoral support.
The school joined Eko Trust, a family of good and outstanding schools in Hackney, Newham and Suffolk, in September 2019. As we continue to grow as a Trust, this is an exciting time for a new person to join the team to help shape the school on its journey.
The ideal candidate will have successful experience of Education Support Worker work across the full ability range in ideally an SEMH special school background. We expect high performance and high standards from all our staff and pride ourselves on our team approach and flexible and creative approach in meeting the needs of all our pupils.
Eko Trust and Pathways School offer:
● An excellent induction programme including regular and frequent team debriefs
● Opportunities to take part in group supervision and reflection and in school coaching and to participate in the Eko SEMH schools network (Pathways is one of two SEMH special schools in the Trust)
● Access to First Aid and Team Teach Training
● Opportunities to access professional development, including apprenticeships
● A very supportive and widely experienced team
Closing date for applications: Friday 15th October
Interviews will be held: week beginning 18th October
Please note: CV applications will not be considered, only applications completed on Eko Trusts application form will be considered . A visit to Pathways is strongly recommended. Please contact Amanda Marquis (amarquis@ekotrust.org.uk) for further details, to arrange a visit, an application pack or to speak to a member of the senior leadership team.
Eko Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A criminal record check via the DBS will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. A comprehensive screening process, including a disclosure check, will be undertaken on all applicants.
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About Pathways School
Pathways is a new all-through special school for pupils with severe Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties, who, for a variety of reasons find mainstream school challenging to manage. The school is part of the Eko Trust family of schools. As an Eko School there is a focus on innovating practice and inspiring teachers and support staff by collaborating with staff from other schools. Eko Trust is now a group of 6 schools, 2 of which are SEMH settings.
The vision for the Trust is “Every member of our community is empowered to learn, to be ambitious and to be resilient”. Eko Trust Schools collaborate to achieve world class outcomes for our children, young people and families; develop flexible, innovative approaches to learning to build our centres of excellence; invest in high quality support and development across diverse schools and support and challenge each other in an inclusive environment.
The school provides full time places for pupils. The school’s vulnerable families are directed to the school by the Local Authority who believe that Pathways School will be the best in the local area at supporting the needs of the families and pupils. Most pupils have underlying complex special needs including speech, language and communication difficulties and increasing numbers, particularly among the older pupils, have mental health problems. All pupils have or are in the process of being assessed to have Education Health and Care (EHC) plans issued.
The school is dedicated to partnership working, with parents/carers, mainstream schools, other education providers, and a range of other agencies involved with young people with SEMH needs. This commitment to the social inclusion of our pupils aims to address the severe social, emotional and mental health difficulties presented, the challenges their families face and the subsequent attendance issues that manifest themselves.
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