Leiston Primary School

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Intervention and Pastoral Support Assistant

Temporary Fixed Term Intervention and Pastoral Support Assistant 

20 hours per week Mon-Fri 9am – 1pm

Scale point 9 £20,903 pro-rata

Fixed term January 2022 – 31/08/2022 

Are you passionate about the development of children? 

Have you got a Growth Mindset to help children grow and succeed? 

Do you have high aspirations for all children?

Are you dedicated to listening to the child’s voice and helping to keep them safe?

Have you got experience of supporting pupils to overcome  barriers to learning?

We are part of Avocet Academy Trust, a group of five rural schools where our strong philosophy puts the child at the centre of everything we do and we value collaboration and challenge to achieve this both across our School and across the Trust. Our school is a caring environment rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in 2017 and granted the Sandwells Chartermark for Mental Wellbeing in 2021. We are always driving forwards with our journey to improve and develop the provision for the children in our local community.

We are currently looking for an individual to join our highly skilled and busy Intervention Support Team.

We support pupils from a range of backgrounds and we are looking for a dedicated individual who has: 

• High expectations of pupil behaviour, progress, attainment.
• Has experience of gathering pupil voice through work such as Wishes and Feelings.
• Knowledge of working with children who may need additional support with emotional development and mental health as well as English and Maths. 

It is desirable that the successful candidate may have a background in:

• Thrive and/or ELSA support 
• Strategies such as Drawing and Talking, Lego therapy and sensory therapy
• Experience in a pastoral support role 

The role would encompass working with individuals and small groups to deliver interventions under the supervision and direction of the Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for Pastoral Support and include mental health, emotional wellbeing and SEND intervention. The role would also cover a role at lunchtimes supporting individuals with social interaction.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team as part of our ever growing and thriving School community. Benefits of working for Avocet Academy Trust include being part of a highly supported team including access to The Hub which was launched in 2021; a centre of professional development and research for our group of schools, high quality training opportunities using high levels of expertise from both inside and outside of our organisation, links to a wide range of other professional groups such as East Suffolk Council and the Mental Health Support Team for the local area and enrolment to the Local Government Pension scheme.

The duties and responsibilities of any post may change from time to time, and post holders may be expected to carry out other work not explicitly mentioned above which is considered to be appropriate to the level of responsibility vested in the post.

Avocet Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  This post is subject to an enhanced DBS and all relevant pre-employment checks.

Application forms can be downloaded and should be accompanied by a CV and letter of application and sent to the school office by post or email the office – recruitment@avocetacademy.org

Closing date for applications: Thursday 13th January 2022

Interview date: week commencing 17^th January 2022