Student Support Role - Inclusion Officer

Teaching Vacancies; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Wakefield is looking for an experienced professional to support children with various needs, including vulnerabilities and SEN. The successful candidate will benefit from a starting salary with increments, induction training, and participation in a valuable pension scheme. The role emphasizes safeguarding and child protection, ensuring all staff share this commitment. Additionally, flexible working patterns and enhanced occupational benefits are provided, supporting a family-friendly environment.

Benefits

Annual salary increments

Defined Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible family friendly policies

Enhanced occupational benefits

Skills

Experience of working in a school environment

Experience with children with vulnerabilities and SEN

Experience with children with behaviour difficulties

Understanding of safeguarding and child protection issues

Ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences

Ability to analyse data to identify students requiring intervention

Proficient in standard ICT packages including Microsoft Office

Ability to organise events and training

Creative problem solving

Understanding the JCQ Exam Access Arrangements

Ability to relate to students sympathetically

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Experience of working in a school environment;
• Experience of working with children with vulnerabilities and SEN;
• Experience of working with children with behaviour difficulties;
• Experience and understanding of safeguarding and child protection issues;
• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences;
• Ability to support the most disadvantaged to ensure a full inclusive practice;
• Ability to track data and analyse data to identify students that require intervention;
• Ability to use standard ICT packages including Microsoft Office;
• Ability to organise events and training;
• Creative in problem solving together with willingness to take on and try new approaches and ideas;
• Understanding the JCQ Exam Access Arrangements;
• Ability to relate to students in a pleasant and sympathetic manner and to recognise potential child safeguarding issues.

What the school offers its staff

Your starting salary with annual increments plus inflation linked increases. The starting salary within the grade advertised will be dependent upon your experience. You will also receive:

• A comprehensive induction and training process
• Automatic enrolment into an increasingly rare and valuable defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates
• Flexible family friendly policies from day one
• Enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period
• A range of working patterns are available dependant upon the role.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.