Personal Learning Advocate

Delta Academies Trust; Elland; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Elland Academy, part of the Delta Academies Trust, is seeking a Personal Learning Advocate to liaise with schools, families and the AP Free School to support the assessment and integration of learners.

Under supervision, you will help learners access learning and therapeutic support, provide ongoing support during challenging times to keep them engaged in learning, and assist with holiday periods to maintain health and well-being and social participation.

Qualifications

• liaise and work in partnership with the home academy/school, family/carer, and the AP Free School to support the assessment and integration of learners with outreach and/or in reach.
• work under the supervision of teaching and learning staff and SENCO to enable children and young people to access learning and therapeutic support as identified in personalised learning programmes.
• provide additional support to learners during challenging and difficult times in order that they remain engaged in learning.
• provide family/carer and learner support during school holiday periods to ensure health and well-being and support the engagement of learners in social activities/events.

Responsibilities

• Liaise and work in partnership with home academy/school, family/carer, and the AP Free School to support assessment and integration.
• Provide support to learners during challenging times to ensure continued engagement in learning.
• Support health, well-being and social engagement during school holidays.

Job description

In the role of Personal Learning Advocate (PLA) you will liaise and work in partnership with the home academy/school, family/carer, and the AP Free School to support the assessment and integration of learners with outreach and/or in reach.

You will work under the direct supervision of the teaching and learning staff and SENCO to enable children and young people to access learning and therapeutic support as identified in personalised learning programmes.

You will provide additional support to learners during challenging and difficult times in order that they remain engaged in learning.

You will provide family/carer and learner support during school holiday periods to ensure health and well -being and support the engagement of learners in social activities/events.

Therefore, we will consider job applicants who have a criminal record based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where needed, qualifications and training. However, our approach depends on the job, and whether it is covered by, or exempt from, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you., The Elland Academy is an Alternative Provision Free School catering for schools and academies across Leeds, Wakefield and Kirklees. At the Elland, the child is at the centre of everything we do. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum that supports the various needs of the learners that come to us. Our learning is highly personalised to match student needs and is supported by a specialist team of staff to cater for learners aged 4 to 19 years. Our academy is a welcoming, safe and caring environment that successfully nurtures the needs of every member of its community. We aim to support our students to feel valued and enabled to make positive choices regarding their learning and interactions with others. We are driven by our values of respect for all, high aspirations and providing positive experiences to ensure success for all our young people and to transition them into life as responsible members of society. At the Elland, we believe all students

can achieve.

Inclusion is integral to Delta Academies Trust: Our Alternative Provision Free Schools widen the opportunities to succeed and achieve, for all learners who experience challenge in mainstream provision. This includes children that are subject to one off, short term, or rare difficulties, to complex SEMH pupils and pupils on the low end of the autistic spectrum. In addition, the provision will provide additional capacity for vulnerable, disadvantaged, disaffected pupils who are not sustaining age related progress and are at risk of exclusion.

Why join us?

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust's success story.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants., The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.