LSA - Inclusion & Pastoral Keyworker

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic LSA - Inclusion & Pastoral Keyworker practitioner to join our team. This post is aimed at working in a small team to positively support our most high profile behaviour students. Your role will be to provide a safe and calm environment where students can de-escalate and we can re-engage them in the business of learning. This may involve supporting them in lessons or creatively differentiating their work to be completed in a more bespoke environment. It will also involve the delivery of our behaviour programme and the facilitation of some lessons within the behaviour provision., You will liaise with teaching staff, year leads, SENCOs and parents in order to plan for, track and monitor the key identified students. You will be part of a team which looks behind the behaviours and tries to meet the needs of our students in order to work with them effectively. We are the team who bridges that gap between pastoral and academic and pride ourselves on helping students to value themselves and their work.

We are looking for someone who has experience of working with young people. Someone who understands the pressures that today's young people are under and who is incredibly vigilant at noticing potential safeguarding issues.

You will need a positive outlook and a high level of personal resilience but you will be supported by an incredible SEND team who always want the best for the students.,

• GCSE English and Maths at C grade or above


• Experience of working with children with additional needs, preferably at secondary age


• Awareness of Child Safeguarding and the latest SEN policies to implement effective provision, including working with outside agencies to deliver EHCP provisions


• Ability to effectively communicate on the pupil's progress, with strong written and verbal communication skills
  
  As a LSA - Inclusion & Pastoral Keyworker within Sidney Stringer Academy, you'll be able to make a key difference to a pupil's educational experience as a crucial part of the wider team, and will have the opportunity to develop your skillset with key training and development opportunities available.