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School-Home Support Practitioner

Employer
CHM
Location
Croydon
Salary
£20,574 - £22,901 per annum - depending on experience.
Closing date
11 Apr 2021

School-Home Support Practitioner
Location:
Keston Primary School, Croydon
Hours: 5 days a week, term time only
Salary range: £20,574 - £22,901 per annum - depending on experience

This is a dynamic charity with proven impact. For over 35 years it has been working with children and young people struggling to stay in school due to a wide range of complex family issues. They get children and young people back into school ready to learn, whatever it takes.

The post-holder will be based within this Primary School in Croydon, focusing their support on those transitioning from year 6 into Secondary School. The post-holder will work in close partnership with school staff to deliver a programme of casework and other activities to promote educational outcomes for disadvantaged children and families. The post-holder will need to be persistent, resilient and tenacious along with having the experience of working with hard to engage parents.

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate, who will have good experience of working effectively with social and emotional factors affecting a child’s capacity to learn, strong abilities in engaging challenging children and their families, and a confident ability to form professional partnerships with children and their families along with experience of transition work

The post-holder will work alongside key school staff in school to promote excellent attendance, reduce levels of absence and work with children and families to promote high levels of attendance and punctuality.

Closing date for applications is Midnight Sunday 21 March 2021
First Stage Interview: Tuesday 23 March 2021
Second Stage Interview: TBC
Start date: ASAP

Interested?
Please click 'Apply’ - you will be prompted to complete a short CHM Recruit form before being redirected to complete your application.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

The charity takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that their safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Their safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

No agencies please.

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