Educational Support Officer

Overview

Closing date: Sunday 8 November Interview date: Wednesday 11 November

Main Purpose of Role

To work proactively with others, and be personally driven to diagnose and remove specific barriers to learning for identified students

To write and maintain a Behaviour Plan for identified students and liaise directly with parents, staff and support services as required.

To gather relevant evidence to document progress and articulate this monitoring meetings with SLT.
To ensure that communication surrounding plans, actions and interventions is well articulated and understood.
To ensure that identified pupils maintain at least good discipline in lessons and around the school.
To build and sustain a positive and working relationship with parents to help them help their children to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside the school.
To be part of a rota of staff required to do duties, staff LSU and do investigations as directed.
To accelerate the progress of those identified pupils, so that they make outstanding progress ensuring their attendance is at least good and using specific learning plans related to individual needs.

To play an active part in ensuring that the College’s outcomes for SEN (including behaviour) students are achieved; namely, that students achieve and progress.
To be an active, resourceful and proactive in an Education Support Team that delivers responsive and effective support to students with SEND/SEMH/Behaviour etc.

To support and facilitate independent learning for identified students, using resourceful and creative ways to unblock barriers to learning.
This support will be delivered daily, directly with students, in the classroom/outside the classroom and on a one-to-one or small group basis.

Person Specification

Download the Candidate Pack in the Supporting Documents section below for full details

Grade & Reporting To

Grade: F £25,492 - £29,336

Reporting to: EST Lead/AHT for behaviour/HOY

Location

Penryn College
Kernick Road
Penryn
Cornwall
TR10 8PZ

Supporting documents

Deadline and how to apply

Closing date: Sunday 8 November Interview date: Wednesday 11 November

Please note that we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form*.

Please return your completed application form and covering letter to Helene Zeat-Kane, HR Officer at vacancies@penryn-college.cornwall.sch.uk

Thank you again for your interest in joining our team. We look forward to receiving your application.

*In accordance with our Safer Recruitment policies, we are unable to process applications via CV and only applications made on a fully completed Penryn College application form will be considered.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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