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Key Worker (PE10939437)


Location
Walsall, England
Sector
Education & Training
Salary
Depending on Experience

PURPOSE OF JOB:
• To raise the achievement and aspirations of pupils.
• To promote and support positive participation in enrichment activities.
• To be a key point of contact for students and develop a working relationship with agencies (eg Social Workers, Educational Psychologists, SEND team, Speech and Language team) to ensure progression.
• To provide additional support for student, parents/carers in appropriate cases.
• To support the schools and governors to discharge their roles as Corporate Parents.
• To be responsible for a case load' of students in the following area: Excluded students in Alternative Provision.


MAIN ACTIVITIES:
Provision Support
• To ensure that the needs of students are identified and are met.
• To support delivery of the curriculum through effective liaison AP providers.
• To support the learning needs of students.
• To deliver 1:1 and/or group work with children to address identified needs.
• To be involved in the review of student's progress and achievement.
• To sign-post where pupils need additional/specialist support. To develop positive and appropriate relationships with pupils.
• To support and assist students by acting as a positive role model.
Work with others
• Ensure that WSCB policy and procedures are followed at all times in relation to safeguarding children and young people.
• To liaise with a variety of agencies particularly to support reintegration of pupils.
• To liaise closely with Family Support Workers and act as a critical point of contact between home and school.
• To work with Carers/Parents to support the education of excluded students.
• To be prepared to work flexibly in order to make the most appropriate response to individual pupil need.
• To keep confidential any information regarding the students, their families or staff.
• To implement WSCB policy and procedures for Health .and Safety so far as it effects them, their colleagues and others who may be affected by their work
• To undertake any training necessary to ensure that the post holder has the up-to-date knowledge of any key policies related to the allocated area of responsibility.
• To undertake such other duties, relevant meetings and training as maybe reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of job responsibility.



Whether you are available immediately or in the near future, please call Kirsty on 01902 313822

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see protocol-education.com/FAQs for further details.


All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.


Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. We also offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers, if your certificates are not within the last 12 months.  All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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