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Snowfields Academy are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Student Services Manager to join our team from November 2024, due to our expanding student roll. This pivotal role is designed to support the social and emotional well-being of our students, ensuring they have a caring and secure environment to thrive in.
As a non-teaching member of staff, you will support in all aspects of the pastoral care of the students, upholding the school values and contributing to a community where students aspire to the highest standards and achieve to the best of their ability.
As the Student Services Manager, you will play a key role in establishing supportive relationships with students, offering a safe space for them to talk and express themselves. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Head of Therapy, class teachers, and other professionals, you will contribute to the development and delivery of vital intervention programmes. These may include social skills, emotional resilience, friendship building, bereavement support, and anger management sessions.
Applicants should be professional, personable and committed to providing an excellent service on behalf of the school and wider Trust, and above all else our appointed candidate will have a positive work ethic and can-do attitude. If you're as excited by this opportunity as we are, we'd love to hear from you!
The basis of this role is permanent, Term Time + 1 week inset, 37.5 hours per week with an actual salary of £24,668 per annum (£28,297 full-time equivalent).
Working with us at Snowfields Academy: Snowfields Academy opened in September 2020 as a new secondary provision for students with ASD. When full we will offer 140 places across year groups 7-13 for young people who are working at or close to age-related expectations. Class sizes are small with 12/13 in each class, supported by 2-3 teaching assistants according to need. We offer a range of GCSEs and other qualifications for young people on a blend of academic and vocational pathways.
At Snowfields Academy we:
* Inspire and engage our children so they develop a lifelong love of learning, working towards the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at Key Stage 3
* Deliver a quality, inclusive education so all children are able to achieve to their full potential
* Create a learning environment where barriers to learning are overcome and students feel safe and happy and are ready to learn
* Ensure that all children feel valued and celebrate their individuality and success at every opportunity
* Always work within a multi-disciplinary framework alongside families and other professionals
* Use personalised approaches to manage behaviour and reduce anxieties
* Ensure safeguarding, pastoral support and embedding British Values are at the heart of all we do
* Create a culture where staff work collaboratively as part of the wider team, sharing ideas and good practice and offering support to each other.
Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.
Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
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