Pastoral Support Worker
Mabel Prichard School
Oxfordshire
- £23,498.97 - £25,648.49 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 5 January 2023
Job overview
Mabel Prichard School is recruiting a pastoral support worker who will work supporting the specific needs of children with high levels of anxiety, cognition and learning and autistic spectrum conditions.
The role of the PSW involves setting appropriate boundaries for students who have additional behavioural needs and may exhibit complex barriers to learning. You will take a resilient and instinctive approach in meeting our students’ needs and will be prepared to undertake restrictive physical interventions following training. You will have the ability to use behaviour management strategies effectively and be able to work using your own initiative while following policies and procedures to deliver positive outcomes. You will support colleagues within the class environment as well as contributing to specific interventions designed to encourage engagement with learning and development of social and independence skills.
You will demonstrate a high level of flexibility and will welcome the opportunity to work in different settings with different approaches to engage learners. You will be capable of establishing a rapid rapport with colleagues and students and will relish the opportunity to extend your skills and experience in the SEND arena.
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About Mabel Prichard School
- Mabel Prichard School
- Cuddesdon Way, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX4 6SB
- United Kingdom
We are a community special school for children and young people with complex needs from the ages of 2 to 19.
At Mabel Prichard School, we believe in enabling every student to discover who they are and to realise their full potential. Our curriculum offers a broad range of opportunities to face challenge; develop independence; prepare for adulthood; discover the world around them; be safe and develop the skills and knowledge to lead a happy, positive and fulfilled life.
At Mabel Prichard we want to provide you with a rewarding and enriching career, which enables you to reach your full potential and achieve job satisfaction through a range of opportunities and benefits in our growing school.
Every staff member at Mabel Prichard is valued for the contribution they make to improving outcomes for our fantastic students, and we place a strong focus on the importance of retaining our talented and versatile staff.
Benefits of working at Mabel Prichard include:
Professional development opportunities
- Regular training and access to a range of internal and external professional development opportunities tailored to your learning needs, your job role and your career aspirations
- Opportunities for career progression, secondments and transfers within The Gallery Trust, the largest special school Academy Trust in Oxfordshire
- Opportunities for collaborative working across the schools in The Trust, offering the chance to liaise with experienced colleagues, building knowledge and professional networks
Financial
- Competitive salaries for teaching and support staff based on School Teacher Pay and Conditions Document and the NJC Green Book
- Excellent terms and conditions
- Access to attractive pension plans (TPS and LGPS), linked to salary life assurance
- Generous public sector occupational sick pay
- Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including childcare vouchers and cycle to work
Wellbeing
- The opportunity to be a key member of a friendly and supportive staff team, dedicated and committed to improving outcomes for students
- 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance
- Excellent induction processes, and strong line management structures to promote your wellbeing at work
- Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff which increases to reflect length of service
- A culture which is open to employee ideas and encourages open dialogue
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Regular staff surveys to gain feedback on wellbeing and to drive improvements
- The opportunity to join colleagues for social events
- Family friendly policies, which promote your wellbeing
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