SEN Support Worker
Swavesey Village College
Swavesey, Cambridgeshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Level 1A (point 8-10)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- 01/09/2018
- Apply by:
- 24 June 2018
Job overview
SEN Support Worker
Level 1a point 8-10 (please note JD is currently being evaluated)
Swavesey Village College are seeking to appoint enthusiastic and motivated SEN Support Workers from September 2018, to provide support to our forward thinking SEND department, on a fixed-term contract (to 31st August 2019 initially). We require 4 posts, 2 of whom must be female. The successful candidates will be joining an experienced and highly committed Special Educational Needs team providing support to students who may have cognition & learning, social, emotional and mental health, communication and interaction or physical/ sensory needs including medical/personal care.
The role is an exciting opportunity for any individual considering a career in teaching or wanting to enhance the school experience of young people with additional needs. The position will offer a comprehensive experience developing skills in a supportive and collegiate environment.
Swavesey Village College is a popular and over-subscribed 11-16 school in a beautiful and easy-to-access part of Cambridgeshire (close to the A14 and guided bus route). We have a strong record of academic achievement and our ethos of mutual respect, hard work and attention to excellence is well-known in the area.
Good levels of numeracy and literacy (GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths) and IT skills are required. Previous experience is desirable but not essential. A team player with patience, understanding and a willingness to develop is needed. This is a fixed-term, term time position, working Monday to Friday 8:45-3.15 (27.5 per week) plus 5 training days. Level 1a point 8-10 actual salary £11,979 - £12,150. Applications for part-time hours will be considered.
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All staff will be subject to an enhanced check with the DBS.
The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Monday 25 June.
We are unable to accept CVs.
Attached documents
About Swavesey Village College
- Swavesey Village College
- Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB24 4RS
- United Kingdom
Swavesey Village College was founded in 1958, and has grown in its 63 years from a small village college to a nationally recognised highly performing 11-16 non-selective school with an outstanding academic record and educational experience for its students.
Our most recent Ofsted in February 2020 inspection concluded we are still an Outstanding Provider, confirming the findings in 2011 when they awarded the school outstanding in all 27 categories. The College's GCSE results have been in the top 20% nationally since 2008.
In 2011 the school converted to academy status, as the lead school of the newly-formed Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust (CMAT), a trust which has grown since to run several secondary schools across eastern England.
Swavesey is situated close to the A14, about 8 miles north-west of Cambridge – a rural location but not far from the bustle of an internationally renowned city. The school receives children from seven local village primary schools: Over, Swavesey, Bar Hill, Papworth Everard, Fen Drayton, Fenstanton and Elsworth. We have excellent transport links to Cambridge and St Ives, and especially useful is the Guided Busway for those staff who do not drive, with a stop right in the village.
Still true to the vision of Henry Morris, the visionary director of education at the Local Authority in the 1950s, the school also continues to offer educational activities to adults outside of school hours, and is used extensively for leisure activities by the local community.
Headteacher
Mr Jim Stavrou
Values and vision
Swavesey Village College enshrines its ethos in its Values Statement. This statement regards the most important aspects of life at the school to be the “Pursuit of Excellence, Valuing People, Achievement for All, High Quality Learning Environment, and Extending the Boundaries of Learning”. Swavesey works hard to ensure that the needs of every child are met, regardless of background, and sets high standards and targets for its students to strive for.
Ofsted report
The curriculum provides ‘for pupils’ academic and personal development exceptionally well’, and that ‘teachers are enthusiastic, knowledgeable and highly skilled practitioners’. Moreover, they feel we ‘successfully encourage and enthuse pupils to aim high and fulfil their potential’.
We are very proud that the inspection team saw that all ‘leaders promote pupils’ personal development exceptionally well’ and ‘there are a wealth of sporting, cultural and artistic opportunities available for pupils’.
View Swavesey Village College Latest Ofsted Information Here
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