Job Details
Job description
Secondary School
Youth Worker
Hulme
Prospero teaching are working with a Social Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) school in Hulme, the school deals with students with additional needs and mental health issues
The role is starting as soon as possible, with a view to stay in the position into next academic year.
This is a perfect role for recent graduates who would like experience working with Young People, such as Educational Psychology graduates, criminology, or sociology graduates.
The school cater for pupils who have an educational plan to receive their education in a specialist provision, due to their learning needs.
The school take pupils who have been identified that mainstream education isnt the right setting for them.
The pupils are age 11-16 years old KS3/4 secondary all with EHCP plans and additional needs.
The pupils have usually experienced some form of trauma, neglect or chaotic home life or all of these things.
Your role is to build a connection with the young people and act and a mentor and role model for the students.
Due to the barriers the pupils have in the classroom, the role will entail forging strong relationships with pupils.
The role will see you using lots of mentoring skills (similar to that used in sports, drama, counselling) to help the individual engage with the school.
You will support the pupil in the classroom and out of the classroom on a more vocational basis.
Depending on performance, the school would look at either extending the contract or offering a permanent position.
CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS
Location Hulme (M15)
Position Youth Worker/ TA
Type of work Classroom support
Contract or position start date ASAP
Contract type (temp/perm/temp to perm) – Temporary – Permanent
Full time/part time Full time
Minimum rate of pay GBP95 per day
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
LEVEL 2 Teaching Assistant/or equivalent and above is preferable
GCSE Maths and English and Computer literate
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:
Hold Right to Work in the UK
Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
Provide two professional child related references that cover at least the last two years
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