Inclusion Support Officer

Moreton School: Inspiring Excellence in Inclusion 

Moreton School is a large secondary school serving a disadvantaged part of Wolverhampton, with a catchment area that includes Bushbury, Low Hill, and Scotlands. We are a secondary school with a thriving sixth form, and we are proud to have a football academy with links to Paris St. Germain. 

We have a committed and talented staff body who work relentlessly to offer our students the best life chances and we stop at nothing to achieve that. We benefit from fantastic grounds and facilities, including excellent and regularly-updated ICT and an all-weather multi-sports pitch, and the Trust is in a strong position to make sure that our staff and students want for nothing.

Moreton School in part of the Amethyst Trust, which has expanded significantly over the past few years to now encompass five schools in a growing and thriving Trust partnership. We benefit from fantastic relationships with our sister schools, meaning that there is great opportunity for networking, professional development and ultimately professional success at Moreton and beyond in our Trust. 

We are a Trust that believes in a ‘talent-first’ approach, ensuring that we grow potential and see leadership opportunities as a logical step for those who make a real impact, giving fantastic career development opportunities at every turn. The Amethyst Trust is at the forefront of educational thinking, with innovative teaching with a knowledge-rich edge along with progressive ideas on feedback and staff wellbeing, including a very well received early finish on Fridays.

Our dedicated leadership team is here to support you in your professional development and ensure that you have the resources and opportunities to thrive.

Why Moreton School?

At Moreton School, we are committed to supporting families from disadvantaged backgrounds and being at the heart of our local community. If you want to be part of a school with a clear moral purpose that is ambitious for the community and young people it serves, please get in touch or come to visit us. This can be done by contacting Heather Davies on moretonhr@aatrust.co.uk and we will be back in touch with you as soon as we can. We would love to receive your application to join our team.

The Role: Inclusion Support Officer

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Inclusion Support Officer to join our team at Moreton School. In this vital role, you will be responsible for delivering targeted interventions to support our vulnerable students, proactively managing behaviour, and ensuring our students receive the appropriate provision to thrive.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver tailored interventions to support the academic, social, and emotional needs of our vulnerable students
• Proactively manage student behaviour, working closely with teachers and parents to maintain a positive and inclusive learning environment
• Collaborate with the wider inclusion team to identify and address the specific needs of individual students
• Provide one-to-one and small group support to students, helping them to develop essential life skills and overcome barriers to learning
• Contribute to the design and implementation of the school's inclusion strategy, ensuring it meets the needs of our diverse student population

Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience working with young people in an educational or community setting
• Strong understanding of the challenges faced by students from disadvantaged backgrounds and the strategies to support them
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with students, parents, and colleagues

Desirable Qualities:

• Passion for making a difference in the lives of young people
• Creativity and problem-solving skills to develop innovative solutions
• Resilience and the ability to work effectively under pressure
• Commitment to continuous professional development and a willingness to learn

Salary: NJC Grade 5, Points 12 – 16 – Actual Salary £26,379 - £29,608

Hours: 37 hours a week

Weeks: Term Time Only plus 2 Weeks

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of our students and are excited by the prospect of this role at Moreton School, we encourage you to apply.

Deadline for applications: Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 12 noon

Interviews: TBC

Please send completed applications to Heather Davies, Executive PA - moretonhr@aatrust.co.uk. Please complete the application form in full and include either a supporting statement in the relevant section or submit a covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4.

Safeguarding

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2024.

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (2020)

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website. DBS Filtering Guide

Equality Duty

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.