Gateway, Restart and Outreach Leader

COME AND CHANGE LIVES – COME AND CHANGE THE WORLD

WE WANT FOR EVERY CHILD, A FUTURE – DO YOU?

We will invest in you, develop you, train you and support you in being your very best!

Your wellbeing and your professional development will genuinely matter to us:

·        Dedicated annual training package for all staff

·        6 planned early finishes for all staff per year

·        An environment where everyone has a say and everyone matters

Woodbridge Park is on a journey to outstanding and we need outstanding people to join us. We are a multi-site Alternative Provision for children and young people with complex needs and we provide a vital service to the families and schools of Hounslow. We are proud of our service and we need inspirational, patient trailblazers who believe that every child matters and who will never give up on our amazing pupils.

As our service provision continues to expand to meet emerging needs, we are now looking for a Gateway, Restart and Outreach Leader to provide leadership over some of our highly important provisions. We a need kind-hearted, compassionate person who wants to commit to changing lives for the better.

We need a very special person with a heart for working with some of the most disengaged and vulnerable children and young people in West London. The vacancy is for 36 hours per week, 44 weeks per year on a fixed term contract until 31.03.24 in the first instance.

We need someone who is deeply passionate about driving positive change for children and young people and who will leave no stone unturned in the relentless search for the golden moment when it all clicks together for someone and a child or young person sets off on a better path.

If you are looking to work with a unique team of professionals, a team with a united vision and mission, then come and work with us. If you are hard-working, committed to improving children’s lives, organised and driven then come and work with us.

You will need to be highly literate, able to multi-task and communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences, including a variety of external agencies and partners. You will be a team player, creative and determined.

We can offer a varied professional experience, thanks to the dynamic, ever-changing nature of Gateway and the Commissioned Roll– no two days are the same. We can also offer outstanding professional development with planned investment in staff development. We place a high regard and focus on staff wellbeing having recently been awarded the NEU Workload Charter Status and we offer all staff six early finish days per school year to support their wellbeing.

Previous experience is essential of working with students in a supporting role. Candidates will have strong behaviour management skills and a range of experiences with complex children and young people, and current certificates or a willingness to train in and use Team Teach and First Aid as part of your role.

Candidates will be able to inspire and motivate our students to get the very best meaningful outcomes and show a commitment to raising the achievement levels and self-esteem of disaffected young people

OFSTED May 2019 judged WPES as a GOOD school.

Woodbridge Park Education Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. Please note all shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of the recruitment process.