Student Support Worker
Leeds City Academy
Leeds
- Expired
- Salary:
- B3 £18, 070 – £20, 138
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 25 March 2018
Job overview
Academy: Leeds City Academy
Role: Student Support Worker
Grade: Salary: B3 £18, 070 – £20, 138 (£15, 386 – £17,147 pro rata)
The Role:
The purpose of the role is to work with individual and groups of students who are at risk of underachieving to accelerate progress in learning, behaviour, attendance or personal development.
This role is 37 hours a week term time only plus 5 days.
General duties will include the responsibilities outlined below but please refer to the job description and person specification for the main duties and responsibilities of the post
General Duties and Responsibilities:
• To provide effective in class support for SEND pupils within mainstream classes or Nurture base.
• To have responsibility for, and manage effectively a caseload of students allocated by the Student Progress Forum (SPF). Through working with your line manager and/or other staff, this will involve developing, delivering and tracking a range of 1:1 or group interventions to accelerate progress in learning, behaviour, attendance or personal development.
• To maintain full and accurate records of SPF caseload interventions in line with the Academy agreed procedures.
• To liaise regularly with, and report to your line manager about your targeted and/or intervention students.
• To create ‘Personal Support Plans’ for SEND students and update termly – these will be used to advise other staff in school on strategies and resources which can be used to support individual students.
• Contribute to the statutory assessment and annual reviews of students with SEND.
• Contribute to applications for additional funding for students with SEND.
• To collaborate with professional colleagues to develop and maintain close working links with parent / carers and support agencies as required.
• To create accurate and high quality reports as required for internal use and external meetings related to students in either Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4.
• To attend and contribute to review meetings as appropriate.
• To support the induction of students new to the Academy.
• To contribute to effective transition processes for Y6/7 Transition.
• To contribute to the wider school activities organised by your area team.
• To develop and maintain high quality display areas for your area of work.
Other duties
• Carry out break and/or lunch supervision as per the rota
• Undertake other duties commensurate with the post, or as directed by the principal
The closing date for applications is Monday 26 March 2018 at 12:00.
Shortlisting will take place on Monday 26 March 2018
Interviews will take place on Thursday 29 March 2018.
Start date ASAP
Thank you for taking the time to complete an application form. If you have not received an invitation to interview by Tuesday 27 March 2018 please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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About Leeds City Academy
- Leeds City Academy
- Bedford Field, Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds
- West Yorkshire
- LS6 2LG
- United Kingdom
Leeds City Academy is a mixed and culturally diverse secondary school in West Yorkshire providing places for students aged 11-16 years. This secondary school situated in Leeds has approximately 811 students on record.
Leeds City Academy belongs to the growing, dynamic and transformational White Rose Academies Trust which is sponsored by Leeds City College and forms a key part of the ground-breaking Luminate Education Group.
Principal
Richard Chattoe
Values and vision
The Academy has established a unique, positive, and transformative ‘In Partnership’ culture which truly sets the school apart from others. This culture is founded and bult upon six key values that each drive and permeate everything the Academy does: behaviour, relationships and strategic decision making. The Academy In Partnership values are affectionally referred to as the DNA of Leeds City Academy and this is something the wonderful students, staff, parents and community are immensely proud of. The Academy strongly believe that their vision and strong culture will help not only to transform the lives of young people but transform the local communities which they so passionately serve.
The Academy has enjoyed an impressive period of transformation across the last 4 years and was judged as ‘Good’ overall by OFSTED in April 2019, securing an Outstanding judgement for the quality of Leadership and Management. The report commented that ‘Exceptional leadership from the highly skilled senior leadership team has improved all aspects of the school since the last inspection. The school’s culture is now inclusive and aspirational. Pupils develop the resilience needed to rise to the challenges set by staff. The school has been transformed and its overall effectiveness improved.’
We continue this journey of transformation and are determined to provide an exceptional quality of education and culture for all students at Leeds City Academy, with the ambition that all students excel both academically and as aspirational and inspirational young people. There is no better time to join Leeds City Academy, as a colleague, a leader or as a student.
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