School Home Support Practitioner
- Employer
- CHM
- Location
- Croydon
- Salary
- £20,574 – £22,901 per annum, depending on experience
- Closing date
- 21 Feb 2022
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- Function
- Operations & Service Delivery, Training, Policy & Research
- Sector
- Children & Youth, Community, Social Care & Welfare, Education
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Contract
Our client is a dynamic charity with a proven impact. For over 30 years they have been working with children and young people struggling to stay in school due to a wide range of complex family issues. The charity gets children and young people back into school ready to learn, whatever it takes.
School-Home Support Practitioner
Contract: Maternity Cover
Salary range: £20,574 - £22,901 per annum - depending on experience
Additional benefits: Employee Support Programme and Perkbox
Location: Croydon
The post-holder will be based within a co-educational Nursery and 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 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.
The closing date for applications is Midnight Monday 21 February 2022
First Stage Interview: Friday 25 February 2022
Second Stage Interview: TBC
Start date: 25 April 2022
To Apply and for More Information:
Please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form and then redirected to complete your application for this position.
This 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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