Early Intervention Lead

Early Intervention Lead

Pennyman Primary Academy

Job title: Early Intervention Lead

Required:                                   September 2021

Job reference: PPA148

Closing date:                             Wednesday 7th July 2021 at 9.00am

Location: Pennyman Primary Academy, Fulbeck Road, Middlesbrough

Level/Salary: NJC SCP 8 £20,943 to NJC SCP 11 £21,748 (Pro-rata £18,983

                                                     £20,146)

Status:             Permanent 

Contract Hours:                        37 hours per week, term time only + 4 weeks

Reporting to:                            Head of Academy 

Responsible for: Support attendance, punctuality, behaviour and joint partnership work with parents and carers.  Will lead on children and families who would benefit from Early Help.

Pennyman Primary Academy is pleased to be able to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Early Intervention Lead to join the academy as part of Tees Valley Education Multi Academy Trust.   Pennyman Primary is a vibrant, creative and forward-looking academy keen to employ an outstanding and enthusiastic practitioner who will support the currently outstanding pastoral team. We are looking for a practitioner who can demonstrate a proven impact on engaging with parents and carers to support the whole family unit and ultimately support the child to have the best chances every day.  

The successful candidate will join our academy and work as part of the Pastoral and Welfare Team.  This will involve working closely with staff whilst also using your own drive and initiative to develop strategies to:

• support families to ensure that their children attend school regularly;

• ensure that children are kept safe and work positively with a range of stakeholders to protect children; and

• enable children to be successful through supporting excellent attitudes towards learning and behaviour.

• promote emotional well being for all by building resilience, friendships and confidence.

You will be accountable for monitoring registers, verifying reasons for absence and identifying cases of non-attendance that require further investigation. You will be required to contact and visit the homes of children absent from the academy, offer parental support, find ways to build effective relationships with parents and ensure excellent attendance. In addition, you will be required work closely as part of the safeguarding team, advising on issues, preparing reports, making referrals and attending meetings related to the well-being of children. Together, you will ensure that staff are appropriately trained and follow the policies of the academy. You will also work as part of the pastoral team to ensure excellent behaviour for learning through analysing patterns, identifying and addressing concerns and setting high expectations.

You should have an understanding of the statutory nature of education welfare work, a good standard of education and excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.  You will need to be confident communicating with parents, children and other professionals. As the role involves travel, you must possess a current full driving license and your own car insured for business purposes. 

You will also be required to contribute to the whole academy’s planning activities and operate at all times within the academy stated policies and practices.

Tees Valley Education Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Applications are invited from prospective candidates who are able to demonstrate that they are able to meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification and who have the vision, values and tenacity to join an outstanding team and help continue the journey towards excellence.  Visits to the academy are actively encouraged and should be arranged by contacting Mrs Geovanna Waters, Academy Business Manager, on 01642 314750. Please wear a face covering when visiting.  There will be no access to classroom bubbles.

Available dates to visit the school: Monday 28th and Wednesday 30th June at 3.30 pm and Friday 2nd July at 3.30pm.

Hand written or electronic printed copies of the Tees Valley Education application form should be posted or hand delivered to the following address for the attention of Mrs Louise Stogdale, Head of Academy. Please be aware that if you are sending your application by e-mail, the Trust cannot be responsible for any formatting anomalies when printing.   

By post: Tees Valley Education, Pennyman Primary Academy, Fulbeck Road, Middlesbrough TS3 0QS.  

By E-mail: recruitment@tved.org.uk

If you have any queries about the position or the academy and the trust, please do not hesitate to contact the academy direct on 01642 314750 or e-mail pennyman@teesvalleyeducation.co.uk