Learning and Enrichment Coordinator - SEND

Location

Newhaven, East Sussex | United Kingdom

Job description

Learning and Enrichment Coordinator

Location - Hailsham

Department - Children's home

Type - Full time(52 weeks a year)

Salary - Between £28,000 and £32,000 per annum

The Learning and Enrichment Coordinator will explore, plan and facilitate a range of enrichment activities, including careers and vocational opportunities to broaden the curriculum offer. They will work collaboratively with other staff at the home through the facilitation and supervision of learning activities during school holidays.

The role requires supporting highly complex young people who are deprived of their liberty, working collaboratively with the home’s Care and Health teams. Support staff will work with children who are likely to have significant gaps within their education and as such will be skilled at offering support, reassurance and celebration of success.

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant difference to children’s sense of who they are, their academic and vocational ambition, and their ultimate outcomes.

Key tasks:

1. Responsible for the promotion of the wellbeing and safeguarding of pupils, including physical intervention as required.
2. Explore, plan and facilitate the instruction of a range of enrichment activities to broaden the curriculum offer, including during school holidays.
3. Develop an understanding of the young person’s interests and future aspirations, developing vocational opportunities to reflect these.
4. Contribute to the review of the careers and curriculum policies.
5. Lead on the facilitation and implementation of feedback from learner voice within the school.
6. Promote pupils' development in a safe, secure, challenging environment
7. Assist the team in keeping relevant teachers and social work staff fully informed about relevant matters relating to their work.
8. Be familiar with the school curriculum, the age-related expectations of pupils, the main teaching methods and the testing/examination frameworks in the subjects and age ranges in which you are involved.
9. Demonstrate and promote the positive values, attitudes and behaviour you expect from the pupils you work with.
10. Have high expectations of all pupils; respect their social, cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic backgrounds, and be committed to raising their educational achievement.
11. Organise and manage safely the learning activities, the physical teaching space and resources for which responsibility has been assigned.

All staff have the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children and should be aware of the Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and work in accordance with this document at all times.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential education and qualifications

• QCF level 2 in Maths and English or ability to pass assessment at interview

Essential key skills, abilities, knowledge, experience, values and behaviours

• Ability to contribute effectively to the selection and preparation of activities that meet the diversity of pupils’ needs and interests
• Ability to provide creative and engaging learning opportunities for children
• Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with pupils to support their engagement
• Able to converse at ease with customer and provide advice in accurate spoken English
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues as part of the school team
• Ability to guide the work of other adults in the learning environment
• Ability to recognise and respond effectively to equal opportunities issues as they arise
• Specialist knowledge and experience e.g. in behaviour management, pastoral care, early years, special educational needs or individual subject areas
• Knowledge of the legal definition of Special Educational Needs (SEN), and familiarity with the guidance about meeting SEN given in the SEN Code of Practice
• Knowledge of a range of strategies to establish a purposeful learning environment and to promote good behaviour
• Knowledge of the key factors that affect the way pupils learn
• Experience of working with vulnerable children or young people
• A commitment to the learning of all pupils
• A commitment to improving own practice through observation, evaluation and discussion with colleagues
• A commitment to the Education Department’s Equality of Opportunities policy

Desirable key skills, abilities, knowledge, experience, values and behaviours

• Experience of working in a range of settings or with more than one year group
• Relevant qualifications and experience supporting vulnerable children

Join us in shaping a brighter future for our youth. Apply today to find out more!

Important Notice: For you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. Pink Tile is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. During the application process, you will be required to:

- Provide details for us to complete reference checks prior to employment.

- Provide an Enhanced DBS on the update service or be willing to obtain one (which Pink Tile can assist with).

Pink Tile Education, their schools and candidates all share the view of "Best Fit, Every Time" and our role is to ensure that every candidate we place has a positive impact on the team of their new employers. 

We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we sometimes cannot reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time, your application may have been unsuccessful on this specific occasion, but we encourage you to apply for positions that you may see in the future. Alternatively, please check missed calls and all your email folders as it may have been that we have tried to reach you. Thank you. 

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Salary

£28k - £32k per annum