Vacancies
Permanent, 37 hours per week (8.15am – 4:15pm Monday to Thursday and 8.15am to 3.45pm on Friday) term time only including inset days, to start as soon as possible.
VTG9, SP26-29 starting salary is £27,791 per annum, pro rata (actual starting salary £23,770 per annum) + Health Care Cash Plan and Benefits Package.
Venturers Trust is a dynamic and focused multi-academy trust based in Bristol, formed in September 2017 through the merger of CGS Trust and Merchants’ Academy Trust. The Trust is responsible for eight academies, 3,500 pupils and 700 staff with a commitment to making a significant and lifelong difference to the lives of young people from some of Bristol’s most disadvantaged communities.
The Trust is sponsored by the Society of Merchant Venturers and the University of Bristol. Both sponsors seek to ensure that all our young people receive a truly inspiring education. Their support, challenge and expertise are greatly valued.
The Kingfisher School is based in St Annes in a new, purpose built modern building. Every member of staff who works here has the opportunity to contribute to the creation and building of a caring, high achieving and community ethos for our school. There is a strong community focus which supports pupils to achieve their potential and drive the improvement of our school.
We are looking to recruit staff who are genuinely inspired to work within a strong, supportive team, delivering high quality provision for the children within our care; staff who are energised by thinking outside of the box and making learning fun and fabulous. Cross Trust working with both the secondary schools, Special and our other primary schools gives us the opportunity to share resources and expertise.
We are looking to appoint a positive, hardworking, skilled and ambitious practitioner who wants to make a real difference to children’s lives and is ready and able to take on a role teaching our children and working in harmony with staff, families and other key stakeholders.
Candidates for this post should be:
- Passionate about how children learn best with a genuine belief that all children can succeed.
- Able to demonstrate their resilience to cope with the daily challenges that working in a busy, successful school can bring.
- Flexible, with a good sense of humour.
- An innovative practitioner who values and can support positive play and work as a team to resolve conflict.
- A confident professional, keen to share their knowledge and understanding with others.
You will be working with children individually and within small groups who need additional provision with social, emotional and behavioural support using supportive programs.
You will be planning activities to help children thrive within the school environment. You will liaise with classroom teachers, other staff members and parents so that a holistic approach is used for the child. You will support individual staff members with action planning for children they work with and quality assuring those strategies.
You will be able to respond reactively and proactively to support behaviour across the school day.
You will also work with children who are consistently late or who have poor attendance and collaborate with families, senior leaders and outside agencies to improve attendance.
At break time and lunchtime, you will provide supervision and structure support for those children who find those parts of the day trickier.
You will be involved with the paperwork and monitoring of safeguarding, attendance and behaviour. This will include data analysis, noticing and responding to patterns and monitoring the impact of interventions. You will collate all safeguarding concerns into a chronology, respond to attendance concerns, analyse attendance data and support with referrals. You will develop your knowledge around social, emotional and behaviour support and look outside school for more complex cases. You will be able to signpost families to support alongside maintaining relationships with social workers and agencies, such as the Children’s Centre on site. You will be an integral part of the safeguarding team as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
You will support with clubs to support child with social, emotional and behaviour difficulties.
You may lead assemblies to support whole school messages and personal development.
We are looking for someone who can develop excellent relationships with children, particularly those who need additional support. The successful candidate will need good knowledge of Word and Excel and be organised.
In return you will join a wonderful team and have every opportunity to further your professional development and career with an excellent benefit package including; Employee Assistance Program, Cycle Scheme, Professional Introduction Incentive plus others.
The successful candidate will have:
- GCSEs at Grade C or above in English and maths (or equivalent qualifications).
- NVQ3 in teaching and learning/equivalent qualification
- Recent and relevant professional development for example; Counselling or Thrive Approach
- Experience of working effectively supporting children in a learning environment.
- Experience of working with children in need of social, emotional and behavioural support with proven impact
We particularly welcome applications from under- represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Closing date: Monday 8th July 2024 Interviews: Thursday 11th July 2024
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged – please call the school office or email info@kingfisherschoolbristol.org to arrange.
The Kingfisher School is part of Venturers Trust and is committed to equality, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all staff.