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SalaryNote: Applicants will be considered as applications are received. Should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early.
The Opportunity
Short Breaks delivers a service for children and young people (CYP) aged 5-18 with SEND. The Short Breaks service provides afterschool, weekend and school holiday respite for children and families.
Providing a meaningful and fun experience, opening opportunities to try new things in a safe, positive and inclusive environment for all. The CYP that attend have a variety of additional needs including learning difficulties, social & emotional, physical and medical.
Working with the Shaw Farm Centre Manager as our Saturday Coordinator, you will help to provide a safe and stimulating environment of the highest quality in our child-centred provision. If you have a passion for learning through play and supporting CYP with SEND, this could be the opportunity for you. You will be supporting the end goal of our Trust: to collaborate and build a successful community of mainstream schools and SEND provisions to ensure our CYP have the education they deserve.
Your Role
The attached job description will detail your role in full. But at a glance, some of the key fields you will be responsible for include:
To ensure the safeguarding of all CYP
To provide simple medical first aid as and when necessary
To provide care as required, which may include personal care and support for mental health and well-being.
To supervise, motivate and lead employees to ensure the activities are led safely and successfully to promote interaction.To implement planning and set up resources, with the help of employees
To report and record evidence of CYP progress and achievement and behaviour.
Your Experience
Our person specification attached will contain the full areas of skills and experience, but it is really important to us that you feel comfortable and confident in your role, so although you may not have everything desirable, there are some essential features our appointee will need to have and these include:
Level 2 qualification or similar
Basic ICT skills
Experience with CYP in either formal or informal settings
Interviews: 05.02.2024
Benefits
Brunel Academies Trust is a rapidly developing Multi Academy Trust. We value our colleagues and the effort they put into our children and young people day in and out. Whether through continuous professional development (CPD) to feed your ambitions, personal and impartial support through challenging days. These exciting and easy to use discounts to enjoy with friends and family, we have a package of excellent benefits which are available to all employees including:
Support on continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities
Brunel Perks – exclusive discounts on a range of products and retailers from cinema tickets, food shopping and holidays
Discounts with Swindon Designer Outlet Village
Carefirst – impartial counselling service in person, by video call or phone as well as a citizen’s advice function for advice and support on personal or professional queries
Good pension scheme
Free on-site parking
Annual pay progression opportunities
Continuous Service Date (CSD) honoured
Most importantly, we can promise that you will achieve a high level of job satisfaction through the professional family community our colleagues represent; and the positive impact your role will have on supporting and developing our CYP’s futures. Your role matters.
Potential talent for this exciting opportunity are warmly invited and encouraged to visit our setting to explore how unique and inspirational our children and team really are.
To learn more about our Trust and our mission, please do visit our website at www. brunel.org.uk or for more information on this exciting opportunity please write to resourcing @brunel.org.uk
