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Looked After Children’s Officer

Looked After Children’s Officer

Co-op Academy Manchester

Manchester

  • Expired
Salary:
£15,103 - £17,008 actual
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2019
Apply by:
14 July 2019

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a Looked After Children’s Officer to join the strong, caring and committed staff in our Student Welfare Team.  The successful candidate will be an outstanding colleague appointed to support the LAC Designated Teacher in ensuring our Looked After Children achieve the best possible educational outcomes. 

They will be fully involved in the PEP process and LAC Reviews and support the students’ academic progress and well-being needs in our forward-thinking academy.  The post would suit somebody with previous experience of working with Looked After Children with a desire to be a strong advocate for them. Excellent administration and communication skills, plus good levels of literacy are essential.  This is a key position in a supportive, rich and diverse academy community offering the opportunity to make a substantial contribution to our pastoral system and make a significant difference to the lives of young people in North Manchester.  If you have the passion, drive and skills to develop outstanding provision for the Looked after Children in our academy, we want to hear from you!

C-op Academy Manchester is an extremely popular North Manchester school boasting state-of-the-art facilities and a brand new academy building.   Our core values of fairness, ambition and respect drive all that we do to ensure the highest quality outcomes for every student.  Please take time to review the Co-op Academies Trust brochure which outlines “Why work for CAT”. In addition, Trust employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including discount gym memberships & leisure offers, childcare vouchers, cycle to work, Co-op Credit Union, season ticket & rental deposit loans, cash-back healthcare scheme and co-op discount offers.

Please contact Mrs C Downend for full details, c/o Co-op Academy Manchester, Plant Hill Road, Higher Blackley, Manchester M9 0WQ. Alternatively e-mail c.downend@cam.coop or telephone 0161 795 3005.

Please note – the academy cannot accept a CV as a form of application.

The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon, Monday 15th July 2019.  

Interviews: 18th July 2019

“The Co-op Academies Trust, as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf”.

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About Co-op Academy Manchester

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+44 161 795 3005

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The academy, based in Higher Blackley in North Manchester, has over 1,600 students on roll and is part of Co-op Academies Trust.

Co-op Academy Manchester was recently judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted in March 2023. Ofsted said that:

“Leaders, trustees and governors strive for all pupils at Co-op Academy Manchester to be successful. Pupils are encouraged to demonstrate the ‘ways of being Co-op’ in all that they do.”

“Teachers have strong subject knowledge. They use their expertise to help pupils to learn well in lessons. Teachers who are not specialists in a subject receive appropriate and effective subject-specific training. This enables these teachers to deliver the curriculum equally well.”

“Leaders have thought carefully about the curriculum that they want all pupils to learn, including those with SEND. The curriculum is well organised. Subject leaders have thought deeply about the key knowledge that pupils should learn and the order in which this content should be taught.”

All academies in our Trust are united by our Ways of Being Co-op.

These are:

  • Do what matters most
  • Be yourself, always
  • Show you care
  • Succeed together

We are looking for colleagues who are up for a challenge; who want to make a real difference to the lives of the children they work with; who are committed to their own professional development and who want to be outstanding teachers, classroom assistants, administrators, leaders, and support workers across a wide range of roles in our academy.

We offer:

  • Leaders within the faculty who are serious about reducing unnecessary workload
  • Centralised resourcing of English lessons
  • Excellent facilities
  • The opportunity to work in a highly successful academy with a growing reputation as a high-performing educational setting.
  • Significant opportunities for professional development and growth within the academy and the Trust.
  • The opportunity to work under the ethics and values of the Co-op.
  • Co-op Academies Trust benefits package.

A note on safeguarding

  • The academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all of its employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is exempt under the rehabilitation of the young offenders act 1974 and the amendments to the expectations order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
  • All applications must be made through our application forms. We cannot accept CVs.

Please find out more by visiting our website.

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