Family Support Officer and Deputy DSL
Aurora Eccles School
Norfolk
- New
- Salary:
- Actual Salary: £25,015.19 - £27,302.29 per year dependant on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 13 December 2024
Job overview
Family Support Officer and Deputy DSL
Location: Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 40 hours per week, Term time only
Hourly Rate: £14.00 - £15.28
Actual Salary: £25,015.19 - £27,302.29 per year dependant on experience
Closing Date: 12noon 13/10/24
Interviews: W/C 16th Dec
Aurora White House School and Aurora Eccles School
Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora White House School and Aurora Eccles School in Quidenham, Norwich are looking for a Family Support Officer and Deputy DSL. The schools provide day placements for students aged 6 to 16 years primarily with communication and interaction difficulties or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Some may be on the autistic spectrum or have anxieties and difficulties that create barriers to learning.
Main Purpose of the Role:
To work within our Engagement Team, supporting the teaching staff in their work with students aged 7 to 16 years with communication and associated difficulties or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Some may be on the autistic spectrum or have anxieties and difficulties that create barriers to learning.
To promote positive attitudes by students and families towards education and to ensure parents are aware of statutory responsibilities.
To identify, implement and lead on the Early Help Process across the school to safeguard and protect the children, young people and staff at Aurora Eccles School.
To oversee and enforce the attendance policy and working with individual students and their families with regards to attendance issues.
To support the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) with safeguarding caseload management. To receive safeguarding referrals via the school’s safeguarding system, My Concern, and follow school safeguarding processes and policies.
To support the Engagement Leads with behaviour management within school.
To lead on the uploading of evidence & liaisons with the Anti-Bullying Quality Mark team.
Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Eccles when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:
Job Description - Early Help & Attendance Officer
Qualifications:
- GCSE Maths and English Language qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
- A relevant professional qualification or the ability to gain L3 in working with children and young people
- L3 in working with children and young people is highly desirable
- Qualifications in behavioural approaches or psychology would be desirable
Knowledge and Experience:
- Knowledge and demonstrable experience of working with Children with autism/SEND
- Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection
- DSL training desirable but not essential.
- Early Help training desirable but not essential.
- Previous experience of working for Social Care Services desirable but not essential.
- Good appreciation and knowledge of health and safety, data protection principles and equal opportunities
Skills and Behaviours:
- Commitment to the role, the desire to put the child/young person first and treat them as an individual.
- Proven ability to solve problems quickly and decisively and able to stay calm in a crisis/emergency situation.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal (English).
- Be positive and creative in meeting young people’s needs.
- Work on your own as well as part of a team
- Work collaboratively with other Employees and professionals with good interpersonal skills.
- Able to undertake the physical demands of the job role.
Due to the rural location of the school, candidates must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle.
What’s on offer?
Training and Development
Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.
FREE Lunch! All staff are able to take advantage of school lunches whilst onsite, at no cost along with free teas and coffees
Save money on your bills!!
With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.
Competitive Pay and Reward
Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
UK Health Cash Plan
This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
Employee Assistance Programme
Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.
Refer a friend for £1,000
We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)
Family fun
Family swim on site
Free onsite parking
How to Apply:
You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Attached documents
About Aurora Eccles School
Welcome to our Special Needs Secondary School in Quidenham, Norfolk
Take a virtual tour here: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=BV9VRe6dfQj
As Principal of the site that Aurora Eccles shares with its primary counterpart, Aurora White House School, I am delighted to introduce you to our wonderful school community.
It is our aim to provide an environment in which young people can achieve their potential and make meaningful, informed choices about every aspect of their lives. Through our highly skilled teams of teaching, support and therapeutic staff, we offer personalised, tailored interventions to help students of all ages make genuine progress in their academic, social and emotional development.
We are proud to be recognised as the ‘go to provider’ for the local authority here in Norfolk; the trust that is placed in us, by families and professionals alike, is testament to the quality and scope of education and support that we offer to every student in our care. We hope you enjoy reading about us; and we look forward to welcoming you soon.
Arabella Hardy, Site Principal, Aurora Eccles and Aurora White House School
Our School
Aurora Eccles is an independent, specialist day school for students aged 11-18 who have experienced difficulties in mainstream settings, either as a result of specific learning difficulties or more complex communication and interaction difficulties (including those associated with autism spectrum conditions).
We have high expectations for all our students and we encourage them to expect more for themselves. We offer a personalised package of education and support to each student, designed around the needs identified in their Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
Our ambition is to give our students all the skills they need to lead an independent, fulfilling adult life. We do this not only by providing opportunities for them to achieve academically, but also by helping them develop the practical skills necessary to manage their own physical, emotional and social wellbeing and to understand their place in the world.
The Aurora Eccles journey
When a young person arrives at Aurora Eccles, we commit to exploring ways of helping them fulfil their potential in every area of their life.
We begin by rebuilding their faith in school and education, by creating an environment where they feel safe and able to learn. We take a positive approach to behaviour management, encouraging the development of a strong sense of identity while promoting effective interaction with others.
Individual pastoral support and care for each student is provided by their form teacher, who also has regular contact with their parents and carers to offer support, guidance and a link to other staff and departments. For students requiring higher levels of support, provision can be made – either full time or periodically – to facilitate participation in school activities.
Throughout their time with us, students have an opportunity to achieve a range of qualifications, from pre-entry-level certificates through to higher-grade GCSEs, depending on their needs, abilities and interests.
By the time they leave us, each of our students will be in a position to make meaningful, informed choices about their own future, whether that is by accessing further education, or through appropriate vocational training or employment.
Our Facilities
Students at Aurora Eccles benefit from access to facilities including a music room, science laboratories, cookery room, and technology and art studios, and enjoy regular use of our extensive sports and recreation facilities, including an indoor swimming pool, large sports field, activity centre and climbing wall.
All students take part in a range of individual and team sports, with both inter-house and external fixtures against other schools planned regularly throughout the academic year.
Set in 34 acres of beautiful countryside, Aurora Eccles also has a wealth of exciting outdoor learning spaces for students, including an area of magnificent private woodland, which is used for our Outdoor and Woodland Learning (OWLs) programme.
Incorporating a range of adventurous activities delivered by qualified Forest School practitioners, the OWLs programme offers students the freedom to be the architects of their own learning, all within a natural environment.
The learning experience for students at Aurora Eccles does not end at the school gate. All our students participate in school visits, trips and community projects to bring the curriculum subjects to life, and are encouraged to support our staff in organising them.
From Year 10 onwards, our students also have the opportunity to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme, through which they can experience new challenges and further develop their communication and teamwork skills.
Our Curriculum
Students at Aurora Eccles enjoy a broad curriculum that mirrors the experience of their mainstream peers, based around the core subjects of English, mathematics, science and humanities along with specialist subjects including computing and ICT, art and multimedia, and design and technology.
We also offer all our students opportunities to develop non-academic ‘life skills’ such as cookery, gardening and construction.
Our older students have the option to complete the ASDAN Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE), a substantial, nationally recognised qualification in skills development.
The CoPE enables students to practise, develop and demonstrate six important skills that are required for success in higher education, training or employment: teamwork, problem solving, discussion, research, oral presentation and self-management.
Integrated therapy
As well as academic and skill development opportunities, we offer a range of therapeutic interventions designed to help our students overcome barriers to participation in education.
Discrete interventions, including speech and language therapy and occupational therapy, are delivered by our on-site team of highly skilled clinical staff with support from visiting therapy specialists.
These interventions sit alongside a classroom experience which integrates therapeutic approaches on a one-to-one, small group and whole class basis.
Our Outcomes
We are proud to list evidence of the progress and performance of our students (for the previous academic year) below:
· Pupils achieved an average of 6.5 qualifications
· 100% of pupils passed Level 1 Vocational Pathway
· 83% of pupils achieved a Maths qualification, with one pupil achieving Grade 9
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