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Wellbeing Worker

Applefields School

York

  • £22,411 - £24,449 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
Support Staff - Grade 6 (Term Time Only)
Job type:
Part Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
01 September 2025
Apply by:
13 April 2026

Job overview

The person in post will support pupils with complex social and emotional needs, as part of the school wellbeing team and under the leadership of the school lead for wellbeing. They will provide support across the school for young people with an identified need as part of the school's iThrive graduated support approach - planning and implementing interventions and delivering positive outcomes.

The post holder will provide ongoing support to staff, sharing their knowledge and expertise of wellbeing strategies and be up to date on current pedagogy, working with school leaders on the school’s aim of becoming a recognised trauma informed school.

The person in post will contribute to a range of multi-disciplinary meetings including; EHCPs, early help, child in need and child protection - sharing progress from interventions, writing and delivering outcomes and actions. They will have knowledge of and experience working with the range of external agencies that may be involved in supporting the pupils and their families.

As part of the role development, the post holder will carry out early help assessments and will provide ongoing support to parents, carers and families, being a point of contact if actioned through referral. They will work with partners from health and social care to develop in house assessments and supporting families to access appropriate support.

The post holder will be confident in delivering support in off-site settings and will contribute to the writing and implementation of risk assessments. They will have an understanding of complex needs and of working within the NAPPI (Non-Abusive Psychological and Physical Intervention) framework and to its principles. They will have a strong emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and demonstrate competence in responding to risky situations.
They will require an understanding of the causes of emotionally based school non-attendance (EBSNA) and develop a creative approach to supporting young people with significant levels of anxiety that prevent them from easily accessing a conventional education.


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About Applefields School

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  • Applefields School
  • Bad Bargain Lane, Burnholme
  • York
  • YO31 0LW
  • United Kingdom

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Applefields School is a popular and highly regarded special school for secondary age students (11-19 years) with moderate, severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties and a significant number of students with additional needs on the autistic spectrum. We support students from York and the surrounding areas of North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. At the beginning of the current school year (2024/25) there are 220 pupils on roll, it is projected that numbers will rise in September 2025.

Students are at the centre of everything that we do. We believe that by working together, providing a personalised education and promoting students’ communication and independence skills we will prepare each young person for adult life. Our goal is to help everyone achieve the best that they can by respecting the dignity of all.

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