Student Support - Learning and Residential
Valence School
Kent
- £10.75 per hour
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 19 February 2023
Job overview
We have various Student Support opportunities at Valence School.
To see the full job application pack for each role, please follow the links below or visit our website for all current vacancies.
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Full Time : School Term Time only : Permanent
37.5 hours per week : Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm, with the option for 40 hours per week with one late to 7.00pm
£10.75ph : £18,310 - £19.531 p.a. for 39 working weeks and 6.4 weeks’ paid holiday plus a 'golden hello' payment of £1,000*
You will provide individualised needs for a student for which full training will be provided. You will be responsible for enabling the student’s learning, promoting their independence and helping them achieve. You will need to be a confident advocate, recognising the potential of the individual and championing their needs along with possessing exceptional communication skills and patience.
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TERM TIME OPPORTUNITIES: PART TIME & FULL TIME AVAILABLE from 16 to 40 hours per week with a RANGE OF SET SHIFTS.
£10.75 per hour for 39 working weeks plus 6.4 weeks paid holiday plus a 'golden hello' payment of £1,000*
Flexibility to suit you! Hours are worked on same shifts each week: early (7am to 2pm), day (8.30am to 4.30pm) or late (12.30pm to 10pm) or a combination of these.
As a Student Support Assistant you will
- support students within the learning and residential environments in order to promote their intellectual, physical, social and emotional development;
- promote a caring environment and provide a high standard of care including washing, toileting, bathing and mealtime assistance;
- ensure that communication with students, staff and other departments is effective and contributes to our high standards of care and personal development for students;
- maintain excellent standards of safety and good practice in relation to safeguarding, health and safety issues, implementing students’ care plans and appropriately using the recording and reporting processes
The role will include a substantial amount of moving and handling and personal care. Although experience of complex physical and medical needs is not essential, as we provide comprehensive training, an aspiration to enable students to learn and achieve meaningful independence is. The successful candidate will be supported to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare, if not already achieved.
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WAKING NIGHT STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANT
7.30pm to 7.30am per shift including breaks
£5,615 p.a. per night shift term time only (£10.75ph) PLUS unsocial hours allowance (up to £1,124 p.a.) PLUS a 'golden hello' payment of £1,000*
Term Time Only (39 working weeks plus 6.4 weeks’ paid holiday)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights available
As a Waking Night Student Support Assistant you will support our residential students during the night by
- regularly monitoring our students and attend to their personal care needs;
- ensuring that communication with students, staff, and other departments is effective and contributes to securing efficiency and high standards of care for our students;
- appropriately using the recording and reporting processes;
- maintain high standards of safety and observing good practice in relation to health and safety issues and to be aware of, and implement, students’ care plans.
The role will involve moving and handling children and young people. Experience of complex physical and medical needs is desirable, however we provide full training and welcome applications from those exploring a career change or only have a little experience in our sector. What matters more is your attitude, values and mindset in supporting our inspirational students to achieve meaningful independence.
You will get a total hourly payment of £14.33ph for the hours worked between 10pm to 7am on weekdays. There is also the option to cover one night during 16 Open weekends in term time, in which the school is open to provide respite to families paid at £18.75ph.
If you would like to arrange a tour of the school please contact the HR team on 01959 567841.
If you have any questions please contact the HR team: vacancies@valence.kent.sch.uk
You are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Valence School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity and promote equality for all.
References will be taken up before interview and online checks undertaken for shortlisted candidates. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check (this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act).
* terms and conditions apply
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About Valence School
We are proud to share with you the excellent work we do with children and young people who have physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Our school is unique within the maintained sector in the whole of southern England. We cater for students aged 4 to 19 and have both day and boarding places. We have a large site with high quality teaching, social care and health care facilities. A staff team of over 200 people provides specialist teaching, social care, therapies and nursing care to an exceptionally high standard.
Our overall aim is to enable every child and young person to achieve meaningful independence. Students flourish in a supportive but challenging environment, making good educational progress and achieving a range of accreditation as they get older. There is excellent support to enable students to achieve functional communication, mobility and skills for daily living.
We are a Foundation Special School and are part of the Kent SEN Trust, a cooperative trust of ten schools working together to improve outcomes for all the children and young people attending the schools. In 2008 Valence became a specialist Sports College and this status plays a significant role in raising students’ achievements and their participation in high quality physical education and sport.
The School works proactively with parents and external professionals to provide holistic support for every child and young person. It is also developing high quality outreach support services to local schools and more widely for children and young people in Kent who have physical disabilities who are attending mainstream schools.
The School always places children and young people at the centre of all decisions it takes and it has a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for every student
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