Inclusion Advocate
Mabel Prichard School
Oxfordshire
- £41,263.09 - £44,071.43 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Grade: 12
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 30 November 2024
Job overview
Mabel Prichard School wishes to appoint an Inclusion Advocate to support the safeguarding, attendance and wellbeing of our children and who will take a key role in ensuring our culture of the highest levels of safeguarding is embedded throughout the school.
If you have the skills and experience to build constructive relationships and work proactively with children and families to improve outcomes, this opportunity could be perfect for you.
About the Role
Some responsibilities include:
- To act as the DSL (Designated Safeguarding Lead) and lead the team of DDSL (Deputy Safeguarding Leads)
- To develop and maintain effective and supportive mentoring relationships with vulnerable children, providing support and guidance by removing barriers to learning and school participation.
- To analyse whole school attendance data to identify key areas of concern.
- To monitor and quality assure attendance coding
- To track attendance throughout the whole school, evidencing interventions and impacts to improves attendance where there is a n identified concern
- To work with other professionals to ensure our student’s best interests are met
- To work closely with pupils, staff, parents and carers to reduce levels of absence, and act appropriately when persistent absence becomes a safeguarding issue.
- To be a point of contact for the community and to be instrumental in community initiatives that involve wider stakeholders.
- To build relationships with families and support them in order to improve outcomes for children and families.
About You
- At least 5 GCSE’s with a Grade C in English and maths (or equivalent)
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant legal frameworks such as child protection, safeguarding and data protection
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
- Experience of working in a school environment or with children in another context or educational setting
- Experience of working with children and their families to provide early help and support
- Experience of recording casework using data management systems
- Experience of supporting and impacting positively on children and families who are vulnerable and those with additional needs
- Experience of pastoral support
- Experience of completing referrals to outside agencies
- Experience of working successfully with a variety of outside agencies including attending and contributing to multi-agency meetings
Benefits of working at Mabel Prichard School
- Competitive salaries for teaching and support staff based on the NJC Green Book
- Perkbox membership
- Access to LGPS pension linked to salary life assurance
- Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including cycle to work
- 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance
How to Apply
To apply for this post, please email an application form to recruitment@mabelprichard.org or by post FOA Alison Martin, Head of Primary, Mabel Prichard School, Cuddesdon Way, Oxford OX4 6SB
Deadline for applications: 5pm Sunday 30th November
Interviews: December 4th
The Gallery Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment with The Gallery Trust is subject to verification of ID and qualifications, satisfactory evidence of the right to work in the UK, health clearance, and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check. The Gallery Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates from all ethnic and community backgrounds.
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About Mabel Prichard School
- Mabel Prichard School
- Cuddesdon Way, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX4 6SB
- United Kingdom
We are a community special school for children and young people with complex needs from the ages of 2 to 19.
At Mabel Prichard School, we believe in enabling every student to discover who they are and to realise their full potential. Our curriculum offers a broad range of opportunities to face challenge; develop independence; prepare for adulthood; discover the world around them; be safe and develop the skills and knowledge to lead a happy, positive and fulfilled life.
At Mabel Prichard we want to provide you with a rewarding and enriching career, which enables you to reach your full potential and achieve job satisfaction through a range of opportunities and benefits in our growing school.
Every staff member at Mabel Prichard is valued for the contribution they make to improving outcomes for our fantastic students, and we place a strong focus on the importance of retaining our talented and versatile staff.
Benefits of working at Mabel Prichard include:
Professional development opportunities
- Regular training and access to a range of internal and external professional development opportunities tailored to your learning needs, your job role and your career aspirations
- Opportunities for career progression, secondments and transfers within The Gallery Trust, the largest special school Academy Trust in Oxfordshire
- Opportunities for collaborative working across the schools in The Trust, offering the chance to liaise with experienced colleagues, building knowledge and professional networks
Financial
- Competitive salaries for teaching and support staff based on School Teacher Pay and Conditions Document and the NJC Green Book
- Excellent terms and conditions
- Access to attractive pension plans (TPS and LGPS), linked to salary life assurance
- Generous public sector occupational sick pay
- Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including childcare vouchers and cycle to work
Wellbeing
- The opportunity to be a key member of a friendly and supportive staff team, dedicated and committed to improving outcomes for students
- 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance
- Excellent induction processes, and strong line management structures to promote your wellbeing at work
- Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff which increases to reflect length of service
- A culture which is open to employee ideas and encourages open dialogue
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Regular staff surveys to gain feedback on wellbeing and to drive improvements
- The opportunity to join colleagues for social events
- Family friendly policies, which promote your wellbeing
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