Enrichment Coordinator
Fitzwaryn School
Wantage
- £25,069.59 - £27,141.82 per year
- Salary:
- Grade 9, point 23-26, Hourly rate £17.29- £18.72. FTE £33,366 - £36,124, Actual salary £25,069.59 - £27,141.82.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/02/2025
- Apply by:
- 6 January 2025
Job overview
The Propeller Academy Trust is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage, or civil partnership.
Main purpose
· To lead and support elements of the Personal Social and Independence strand of the curriculum.
· To develop, provide and run out of school and after school activities during term time.
· To liaise positively with home and school to promote relevant out-of-school activities and guide children and families to access relevant resources provided via the Local Offer.
· To assist with ensuring positive outcomes for children and young people with learning disabilities.
Key tasks:
To build positive relationships with young people and families from 3 – 19 years old, establishing the requirements for after school provision.
To organise and manage After School Clubs (in-house, plus Beatbox, Faaaze)
To ensure that the costs of ASC are viable in terms of budgets and include a parental contribution.
To ensure that clubs are suitably staffed with suitably trained staff.
To provide confidential and impartial advice and information to parents, carers and professionals working with children and young people who are disabled or who have additional needs attending special or mainstream schools who wish to attend childcare, play or leisure activities out of school hours.
To set up, run and manage After School and lunchtime clubs based at Fitzwaryn School, which will include:
· the writing and management of essential risk assessments.
· ensuring that the activities are motivating, enjoyable, and fun for those taking part.
· managing staff who work at the clubs.
· establishing robust monitoring processes are in place to ensure that the provision matches expectations for families and has a positive impact on children and young people.
· liaising with the school admin team and family social/support workers to ensure the relevant funding and transport is in place.
· liaising with relevant health services to ensure all staff are fully trained for the individual needs of children and young people.
· attend parents’ evenings and be responsible for inviting suitable agencies in to promote their work with disabled children and young people.
To work with Fitzwaryn School staff to:
· identify families who may benefit from access to out-of-school provision.
· ensure that the individual needs of the child or young person are met.
· signpost and support parents/carers to access additional services to meet any additional needs of the family.
· develop and maintain appropriate and confidential information systems to support this area of work and provide monitoring and evaluation to the governors and directors of the trust as and when required.
· attend meetings, training, seminars and conferences as appropriate to assist in the development of these roles across the county.
· work within PAT policies on impartiality, confidentiality and information management.
· work in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education safeguarding policies and procedures.
Supporting the PSI curriculum
· Under the guidance of the TLR post holder for PSI, plan, deliver and lead sessions both in school and off site to enhance the PSI curriculum.
· Provide effective feedback and assessment to teaching staff and inform of the next steps.
· Link the pupil’s objectives to their EHCP/IEPs.
Pupil Voice
· To lead and manage the School Council or other appropriate body to ensure that the pupils have a voice and can make a difference to their school.
· To work with teaching staff to ensure appropriate tolls are used to gain pupil voice for Annual Reviews.
Supporting staff
· To assist in the induction of staff
· To support staff to gain the relevant skills and knowledge to work with pupils at the After School Club.
· To liaise with the school nurse to ensure that appropriate medical training is in place to support pupils effectively.
· To signpost staff to the relevant training opportunities and to run training sessions where necessary.
CPD
The postholder will be provided with the appropriate funded CPD to enable them to carry out their duties effectively.
To undertake other duties as requested by the Headteacher and as a term of your employment you can be required to undertake such other duties commensurate with your grade, and/or hours of work, as may reasonably be required of you.
To apply please visit https://thepropelleracademytrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies
Attached documents
About Fitzwaryn School
- Fitzwaryn School
- Denchworth Road, Wantage
- Oxfordshire
- OX12 9ET
- United Kingdom
Fitzwaryn School is a Special School and is part of The Propeller Academy Trust. We are located in Wantage, Oxfordshire.
Fitzwaryn is for children from 3 to 19 years whose special needs range from moderate (MLD) to severe (SLD) and profound multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) Currently there are 122 pupils on roll. The new Student Centre building opened in September 2018, providing spaces for more pupils to be admitted into the school. The school is continually oversubscribed.
The curriculum is organised so that children with similar needs can work together; each class has a mix of needs ensuring inclusion for all our pupils. Generally, each class teacher is responsible for all curriculum areas with individual subjects led across the school. Our organisation is flexible allowing individual needs to be catered for.
The school policy is to broadly follow National Curriculum subjects for all pupils from 3 – 16 years old and an Adult Curriculum model from 16 – 19 years of age thus meeting individual learning needs and encouraging the development of each child’s social and independence skills. School trips and residential visits are an important part of the curriculum offered by the school. A PMLD curriculum is in place for those pupils with more complex needs for whom National Curriculum subjects are not applicable.
The school offers accreditations; during 2023 – 2024 for the sixth form pupils we are transitioning to the offering of Entry Level Qualifications in Skills for Further Learning and Employment via Open Award.
Students can also work towards their Duke of Edinburgh Awards; we were delighted that in July 2023 some of our pupil achieved their Silver Awards.
Our Year 10 and 11s are working towards Open Awards Skills Passport.
Pupils can also achieve their Entry Level Functional Skills in English and Maths
Sport plays an important part in the school's curriculum. Pupils swim either at the local pool or at Kingfisher school when they need hydrotherapy, and there is a range of both competitive and non-competitive sports offered, as well as the use of PE apparatus and more specialised equipment for children with particular disabilities. Many of the pupils are involved in competing in sports events with other schools, both mainstream and special, and all pupils enjoy many outside trips.
In recent years Fitzwaryn’s choir has grown in popularity and they practice at lunchtime. The choir sings at local events e.g. the mayor’s carol concert.
Fitzwaryn School serves an area from Faringdon to Wantage, but a number of pupils come from Didcot, Abingdon, Oxford and surrounding villages. We also have pupils from the neighbouring Local Authorities of Berkshire and Wiltshire.
Fitzwaryn is the registered office for the Propeller Academy Trust and many of the central team are based within the school.
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