Pastoral / Youth Engagement Worker

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Pastoral / Youth Engagement Worker (12Month FTC)

Location:Based in Telford, Shropshire (but with travel to other boroughs for pick-ups, you may also be required to visit our sites in South Yorkshire for training and development as needed)

Hours:Full-Time (9am-5pm, Monday-Friday)

Salary:£22,000 per annum

Contract Term:12 Month Fixed Term Contract but could be extended

Start Date:ASAP

Are you currently working in education and looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? Are you missing the chance to work with smaller group sizes so that your work can have a greater impact? Would you like to take part in off-site enrichment activities? Do you want a rewarding career with opportunities for progression where you will experience genuine job satisfaction?

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and nurturing Youth Worker to work in our Telford project to support young people to thrive both inside and outside of the classroom. You will be required to provide classroom support on both one-to-one and group sessions to a varied cohort of young people on-site. You may also be required to work off-site to provide one-to-one support to learners that may not be at a stage where they feel able to attend on-site provision. When you are not providing support to learners on-site or out in the community, you will support learners on enrichment activities, contribute to SEN/D paperwork and help with barrier busting to enable our learners to get one step closer to education, training and work.

You will be responsible for delivering high quality youth work and support to our learners and must have a real ability to engage young people who struggle to see the value in education. Like all staff at Really NEET, you will be responsible for transporting learners from home to their place of study and back home again, so it is essential that you have your own car that is in sound working order and be willing to add the necessary business insurance.

Essential

- Must own your own car, have business insurance in place and ensure that tax and MOT are maintained. You must be willing to carry out student pick-ups and drop-offs (mileage paid at 45p per mile)

- Must have great youth work skills and have a real ability to engage disengaged learners

Rewards

- 9 weeks’ holiday per academic year to be taken during school holidays

- 45p mileage allowance per mile for work related journeys

- Outstanding CPD opportunities with first class training provided

Main Responsibilities

- To provide support for teaching staff in group teaching sessions, focusing on Maths, English, Woodwork and AQA Unit Awards

- To deliver one-to-one or two-to-one sessions with individual learners as and when it is required

- To deliver PSD Sessions with learners, either on a one-to-one or group basis

- To offer support to all our young people including those with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)

- To assist teaching staff in the preparation of materials and programmes of work

- To support with planning and participating in Really NEET engagement activities

- To write Behaviour Support Plans for all students and keep them updated

- To plan sessions for students who wish to get their CSCS card and driving licence

- To find work experience, employment and onward progression opportunities for students

- Identifying and supporting positive transition and progression pathways for young people

- To maintain a work experience and employment display board

What it’s like to work for us

The Really NEET Project is a Post 16 SEN/D provision that works with 16-24 year old’s who have struggled to cope in mainstream education. Our approach is very much person-centred and based around meeting the needs of the learners. Students are taught either one-to-one or in small groups (never more than 10 students, though typically around 5), so being able to build great relationships is at the heart of what we do.

We have been operating for over 10 years and are nationally renowned for the work that we do in not only re-engaging young people back into education but for the holistic support that we offer to help our learners to remove barriers to learning, life and work.

We currently have projects in Rotherham, Barnsley, London and The Midlands.

If you want to work somewhere that values both its staff and its students, then Really NEET would welcome your application.

For more information on our organisation, please visit our website.

Please note, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expect all those who work with us to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake a DBS Enhanced Clearance check (Disclosure and Barring Service).

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