Inclusion Support Worker

Co-op Academy Leeds; Leeds; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Co-op member discount

Flexible benefits

Discounted gym membership

Co-op Credit Union

Co-op Funeralcare benefit

Season ticket assistance

Job summary

Co-op Academy Leeds is seeking an Inclusion Support Worker to join the Behaviour and Inclusion Team. You will work directly with students to overcome barriers to learning, supporting individuals and groups with behavioural challenges and delivering targeted interventions.

We value creativity, dedication and a passion for helping young people thrive in a nurturing school environment and offer a supportive team and a broad range of benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting students with behavioural challenges.

Responsibilities

• Engage with students to overcome barriers to learning.
• Work with individuals and groups experiencing behavioural difficulties.
• Think creatively and implement intervention strategies to support young people.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Behaviour and Inclusion Team at Co-op Academy Leeds, working alongside our dedicated and experienced colleagues in a rewarding and highly varied role.

As an Inclusion Support Worker, you will engage with our students to overcome barriers to learning. Working as a member of the Inclusion team, you will work with students on an individual basis and with groups of students who experience behavioural difficulties.

You will be provided the opportunity to think creatively and given the resources to implement intervention strategies that can really impact positively on young people. If you are driven and passionate about working with young people, we can provide you a great opportunity to thrive and fulfil your potential.

Why us?

At Co-op Academy Leeds, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, nurturing and diverse community. Our commitment is to provide an ambitious and inspirational education that enables our young people to achieve exceptional outcomes.

Our academy offers a broad range of exciting opportunities both inside and outside the classroom, preparing students for their futures and ensuring they grow into compassionate and responsible citizens.

As a proud member of the Co-op Academies Trust, the 'Ways of Being' are woven into every aspect of our academy and our wider community. We set high expectations for our staff and students, cultivating a culture built on mutual trust and respect. Our respectful, calm, and productive environment is a place where everyone can thrive and enjoy working and learning together.”

All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.

Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.

Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.

Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all of us have equal chances to succeed.

Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.

Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.

Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.

Our Values

Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:

Succeed together

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you!

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

Our employee benefits package includes:

1. You'll get being a Co-op member, you'll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
2. Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
3. Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
4. Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
5. Co-op Funeralcare benefit
6. Season ticket and rental deposits

And More!

For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk

For more information about Co-op Academy Leeds, please visit: www.leeds.coopacademies.co.uk

The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.