Young Offenders Support Worker - Wakefield

Vision for Education; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education recruitment agency seeks a Young Offenders Support Worker in Wakefield. This role focuses on providing emotional support to pupils in a special school environment, helping them engage in activities and develop essential skills for adulthood. With a strong commitment to safeguarding, candidates need recent experience with children and availability for full-time hours.

Benefits

Weekly pay via PAYE

Guaranteed pay scheme

Pension contributions

FREE training for professional development

Generous referral bonus scheme

Dedicated consultant support

Qualifications

• Desire to join a committed team of school staff.
• Willingness to undergo a DBS check.
• Available full-time, Monday to Friday 08:30am -16:30pm.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and build relationships with pupils.
• Encourage participation in school activities.
• Provide emotional consistency to students.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Recent experience with children or young people (within 2 years)

Job description

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Wakefield, United Kingdom

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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About the role

As a Young Offenders Support Worker, you will be providing support and building relationships with the pupils at the school by providing emotional consistency to allow pupils to feel safe and supported in the school community. You will aim to encourage and enthuse the pupils to participate in all school activities to their best abilities and provide them with positive reinforcement to increase their confidence.

About the school

The environment in which you will be working is in a Special School in Wakefield, West Yorkshire that caters for children between the ages of 5 to 16 with speech, language and communication difficulties, autism, ADHD, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties.

The family orientated school provides a safe space for pupils to develop a range of skills that create a strong foundation for adulthood. The schools aim is to foster and nurture resilience and teach the skills children need to manage the children's own mental health.

The schools prides itself on being a friendly and inclusive that values and celebrates the differences of all the children and their families. They strive to engage our pupils in learning in a fun and interactive way to ensure they all achieve the best possible outcomes. The curriculum is specified, balanced, and ambitious in order to support the needs of their pupils.

Requirements

To be considered for the role of Young Offenders Support Worker - Wakefield you will:

• Have a genuine desire to become part of a committed team of school staff
• Be willing to undergo a DBS check
• Be available full-time, Monday to Friday 08:30am -16:30pm

Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Vision for Education

Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

Salary

£90 to £112 per day

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:

• recent experience obtained within the last 2 years, of working with children or young people, ideally within a school, nursery, childcare, youth work, play or care setting. We must be able to obtain references from these roles.

What Vision for Education offer

As a valued employee of Vision for Education, you will receive:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

Vision for Education do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.