Vision for Education's specialist SEND department are recruiting for a Young Offenders Support Worker to work specifically 1:1 with school aged children.
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
- 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
About Vision for Education
Salary
£80 to £112 per day
- 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
- 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.