Senior Inclusion Leader

Firth Park Academy is proud to be a Good school and determined to become an Outstanding school. We are a wonderfully diverse family of students and staff where our vision is to inspire all students to lead remarkable lives. We offer the widest range of extra-curricular enrichment possible to ensure our students are rich in knowledge and character. We want students to achieve academic excellence, develop strength of character and above all else, be happy. Our school is:

•  A stronger-than-ever ‘Good’ school as rated by Ofsted (February 2019).
• Committed to ensuring the broadest possible curriculum of academic learning and extra-curricular experiences for all our students
• Featured on CBBC’s series Our School 7 is currently on iPlayer, which highlights the remarkable spirit of our Year 7 and 8 students and staff in the 2020-21 school year, please see the link.  
• A richly diverse community with students speaking more than 30 home languages.
• A leading school in our trust – Academies Enterprise Trust – the largest trust in the UK with more career development opportunities than any other.

We are looking to appoint a Senior Inclusion Leader to work with our Vice Principal for Behaviour and Culture and our Heads of Year to ensure the highest possible standards of behaviour at our school. You will be line managed by the Vice Principal and in turn have line management responsibility for our Key Stage 3 Heads of Year. This is a high profile leadership role for a person with the skills and drive to continue driving up standards of behaviour at our school.

Experience and knowledge of working with young people with challenging behaviour is essential. You will need to be able to recognise and respond assertively and compassionately to the needs of pupils. To use detailed knowledge of students as individuals to support pupils’ learning and provide emotional support for pupils with problematic personal lives.

Key aspects of the role involve:

• Establishing productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
• Ability to manage time effectively, organise & prioritise workloads and work proactively to ensure objectives are fulfilled 
• Deliver packages of support to students who are at risk of exclusion or are experiencing significant issues that are damaging their academic progression.
• Ability to help us build on the breadth of the educational experiences we offer both in and out of the classroom.

The successful candidate needs to demonstrate the following: 

• Behaviour Management strategies to encourage positive behaviour. 
• Knowledge and experience of intervention programmes that accelerate progress. 
• Commitment to raising attainment and safeguarding vulnerable young people. 
• Experience or willingness to undertake advanced Safeguarding training. 

Come and visit us to meet the team of students and staff who are making Firth Park Academy one of the best schools in our city:

• Informal enquiries are welcome - please contact Dean Jones our Principal. on 0114 257 6238 or djones@firthparkacademy.org 
• Join our team and build a wonderful career in a school you are passionate about with students you love to help learn.
• Check out the ‘career opportunity’ section on our website (see link) to find out more.

Closing date: Monday 27th November 2023 

Interviews are scheduled to take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV’s. Apply today.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.  

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. 

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AET is recruiting for Teacher Training placements. Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/aetschools.org/itt/ for further details.