APST Youth Worker

Bradford AP Academy are looking to appoint fixed term Youth Workers, until 31st March 2025 to join their team, one based at our Aireview site and one based at our Jesse Street site. The aim of the role will be to support students with challenging behaviour. Within the role, it is expected that you will work closely with the teaching staff and Head of Centre (HOC) to successfully lead and manage pupils to improve engagement and reduce barriers to learning and success.,

• An opportunity to make a significant contribution to our dynamic and evolving school improvement offer to schools
• An opportunity to access professional development through training and support
• A chance to make a real difference to every child's learning
  
  Proven skills and ability to work with young people, families, schools and other agencies, with a passion for delivering outcomes.
• Professional credibility through proven relevant experience.
• Ability and desire to model and demonstrate our values.
• Professional knowledge of young people, secondary education and family support work.
• A creative and innovative approach to solution focused working, with the ability to engage, mobilise and motivate people to address challenges, and challenge perceptions, about young people in Bradford.
• A smart, flexible worker; recognising how to carry out the role in the most effective way, including collaboration and partnership working with key project partners.
• An ability to demonstrate resilience and consistency by remaining calm and in control to maintain effective work behaviours, when faced with setbacks or pressure.
• Passionate about Bradford and improved social mobility; understanding how to raise aspirations and ambitions by partnership working with young people, families, schools, the AP and other agencies.
  
  Bradford AP Academy (BAPA) is part of Exceed Academies Trust, which currently consists of fourteen academies; ten primary schools, an all-through primary-to-secondary academy, two alternative provision academies (Primary and Secondary), and a specialist setting for children/young people who suffer from social, emotional and mental health difficulties. The Trust has an excellent reputation within Bradford and beyond, and an outstanding track record of supporting staff in developing their careers through specialist training lead by the Exceed Teaching School Hub and our Outstanding SCITT.
  
  Band 6, SCP 06 - SCP 11, Actual salary range £17,216 - £18,715