Student Support Assistant

Student Support Assistant   Are you 18 – 24 and looking to develop your career in a rewarding role? Are you a good communicator that can connect with people? Can you nurture inclusion and belonging? If you are driven with a passion for raising aspirations, then we want to hear from you! This is an exciting entry level position to develop your career and support pupils in the process with full training provided.  If you are not in education, training or employment already, then join the team as a School Service Leader and work as part of the UK Year of Service programme.

Position:Student Support Assistant (internal title School Service Leader)

Location: Liverpool locations to be confirmed during the interview process. From Monday to Thursday you will be based in a partner school supporting the programme delivery

Training: Fridays you will be based at the Manchester training centre (M12 6FZ) to support learning and development activities with volunteers (travel costs will be subsidised)

Hours: 35 hours per week, from Monday to Friday.

Remuneration: £21,840 per annum

Duration: Fixed-term for 9 months (15th April - January 2025)

Closing Date: 2nd April 2024

Interview Date: Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, so please apply at your earliest opportunity.

The Role

The purpose of the School Service Leader role is to provide support to pupils in schools with their social and emotional achievement, with a particular focus on key stage 2 in primaries, and key stage 4 in secondaries.

Training will be provided to all successful candidates to ensure you have the skills to support school-based interventions.

Key relationships will include:

 

• Working closely with a team of 5-7 full-time mentors or other School Service Leaders
• Impact Officers, who you are typically based alongside in school two days a week, providing line management support
• Colleagues, school staff and pupils

 

Depending on the needs of your school and team, you will:

 

• Delivering interventions to pupils - The School Service Leaders will focus the first half of their placement on helping KS2 or KS4 pupils get or remain on track, by providing a range of targeted interventions; including delivering behaviour and attendance coaching encouraging pupil engagement and social development to promote a positive learning environment. You will also provide mentoring around attendance and behaviour.
• Maintaining a strong relationship with the school - You will assist the Impact Officer (line manager) to maintain a successful school relationship and ensure prompt and accurate data collection.
• Assisting with the support of Mentors - The second half of the placement will require carrying out the duties outlined in above and also assisting with the management and support of a team of mentors who are volunteering.

 

This is an amazing opportunity for personal development as a significant proportion of working time will be dedicated to your professional development and career growth. This may involve formal qualifications or informal development, which candidates will be allowed to complete during their working hours.

About You

In order to be considered for this role you must be based in the North West, with the ability to travel daily to Greater Manchester and be aged 18-24 (candidates who turn 25 between March - December 2024 will not be eligible) You must have not been in formal Education, Employment or Training within the last six months.

We are looking for someone who:

 

• Communicates and connects with others in consistent, positive and meaningful ways
• Holds space that nurtures inclusion and belonging
• Sees positivity in others, and has a passion for raising aspirations
• Shares the reasons behind plans/decisions, and helps in creating understanding and significance
• Collaborates towards a common purpose with a deep sense of ownership
• Effectively prioritises and organises to deliver results
• Seeks out opportunities for self-improvement
• Models authenticity

 

About the Organisation

This youth social action charity challenges 18 to 25-year-olds to tackle educational inequality through a year of full-time voluntary service. As mentors, tutors and role models in schools, the charity support pupils growing up in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the UK.

Benefits to all employees include:

 

• Pension: up to 5% pension employer contribution matched after 3 months of employment.
• Holidays: 25 days holiday per year plus one additional day per year after two years of employment, capped at a maximum of 28 day (or the pro rata equivalent for part-time staff).
• Travel: Interest free loan for season ticket or bicycle.
• Volunteering days: All employees can take up to 2 days to volunteer in a mission-aligned charity depending upon length of service.

 

Other areas of experience may include Volunteer, Volunteering, School, Youth, Support, Education.

Please note this role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of our client.