Student Support Role - Personal Development Centre Coordinator

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Student Support Role - Personal Development Centre Coordinator 

(Temporary until Easter 2024 with a possibility of extending to Summer 2024)

Outwood Academy Carlton

Post Starting January 2024

Salary Range: Grade 7 point 15-17 - £22,021.18 - £23,541 

Hours: 37 hours per week - term time plus 5 inset days (39 weeks)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Inclusion Team as Personal Development Centre Coordinator. This new and rewarding position would suit someone with experience of supporting the learning and pastoral needs of young people in an education setting. You will be working closely with students at risk of suspension to promote positive discipline and to support their personal development. 

Planning, organising and delivering a range of opportunities, you will work to raise students’ aspirations, support them to develop positive discipline for learning habits, ensure academic progress and improve aspects of their social, emotional and mental health. An ability to build strong relationships with students will be essential.

You will work collaboratively with both internal and external professionals to identify and support students to overcome barriers to learning. You will be extremely organised, have the ability to prioritise your workload, and have excellent administrative and communication skills. The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team will be key to supporting our students.

Outwood Grange Academies Trust supports colleagues with their personal and career development via a range of training courses and apprenticeship opportunities. We also offer:

• Your starting salary with annual increments plus inflation linked increases. The starting salary will be dependent on experience.
• Pension: An increasingly rare and valuable defined benefit Local Government Pension Scheme
• Working Pattern: 37 hours Monday to Friday. A term time working pattern i.e. not working school holidays.
• Onsite parking
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee discounts such as Synergy Car Leasing

We also offer generous paid maternity, paternity and shared parental leave depending on your length of service.

Achieving Academy status in February 2016 as part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, Outwood Academy Carlton is going from strength to strength. Based in the attractive village of Carlton, we offer an exceptional education and are enjoying significant improvement across every key measure and in every subject. We were delighted to receive a ‘good’ judgement in our January 2019 Ofsted inspection. Inspectors recognised that “Staff morale is high” and that “A well-considered programme of professional development ensures that staff continuously improve their skills and knowledge”. 

We promote a culture of high expectation and we foster a highly positive environment of respect, recognition and mutual support. We promote equality and value the diversity. All staff roles contribute to this ethos.  You will be joining a highly regarded Trust that prides itself on a strong shared vision, innovative practice and effective organisation. We guarantee every member of staff CPD and development opportunities and various routes for career progression within the Trust.

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.

Please ensure within your application that your employment and education history are listed in chronological order with any gaps explained .

We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will therefore close at 12 noon, either on the advertised closing date, or the day the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early. 

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Closing Date: Thursday 7 December 2023 (Noon)