Trust Home School Support Team Leader

The Home School Support Team Leader will line manage the Home School Support Workers across the Trust. They will be the main point of contact and will be responsible for providing their team with guidance, training, coaching and feedback through regular one to one meetings and appraisals. Responsible for implementing the Home School Support Worker service to the new schools within the Trust, that meets the needs of the child and their families. They will be responsible for monitoring and managing the HSSW Team, setting targets and ensuring everyone is aligned and working collaboratively. They will be responsible for providing guidance and support to the members of the team to help them reach their full potential.

As part of this role they will spend 3 days working at a primary school and the other two days across the secondary schools. All of our schools in the Trust are currently at an OFSTED grading of either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ which means that we have incredibly high standards.

If you have a positive approach, are resilient and would like to play a critical role in driving the HSSW Service across The Trust, we would like to hear from you. This position would be suitable for someone with recent experience with working with young people or has a passion for supporting young people. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward thinking Trust. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

In addition to a competitive salary the Trust offers the following staff benefits:

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Death in service benefit as a member of the above pension scheme.
• Generous leave of absence benefits.
• Training and continuous professional development opportunities

As an employee you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programme through the School Advisory Service (SAS).

This includes;

• Access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline where you can have a telephone conversation for you and close relatives.
• Access to Physiotherapy
• Access to a counselling service
• Free 12 week Weight Management Programme
• Support for stress management
• Lifestyle Screening
• Relationship Counselling
• Long-term condition support - support for you and family members where you or a member of your family is suffering from a long-term conditions such as cancer, Multiple Sclerosis or Motor Neurones disease. This list is not exhaustive.
• Private Medical Service
• Stress Counselling

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.

If you are looking to advance your career in an outstanding Trust and are committed to providing the very best experience for our students we would love to meet you.

The successful candidate will be committed to our vision, our values and ethos, and have the interpersonal skills and ability to work with staff and students to achieve all they can. If you would like to speak to the Trust Deputy Headteacher Mrs L Sexton, please feel free to contact her on lsexton@sfaet.co.uk .

To apply, please complete a support staff application form found on the Schools website and return to hr@sfaet.co.uk or via the JGP online application form by the deadline of Tuesday 18th April by 5pm. Interviews will be held w/c 24th April