Salary: Additional paid lunch duty available Job type: Part Time, Permanent Start date: February 2025 Apply by: 17 January 2025 Job overview Gateway Support Worker Required February 2025 Location: The Cornerstone Academy, Poole, Dorset Salary: £23,300, pro rata salary per annum (Full Time Equivalent £27,430 per annum) Term Time plus 1 week – 38 school weeks plus training days and 1 week flexible working 36 hours per week (approx. 8.15- 4pm Monday – Thursday and Friday 8.15 - 3.45pm) We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Gateway Support Worker. The role The Gateway Support Worker supports the provision of a specialist SEN support resource base. This provision supports up to 10 young people who are autistic and/or have social emotional, mental health needs which impact their ability to successfully access a mainstream setting. This support allows the young people to prepare and integrate into mainstream education. This is through bespoke and personalised student plans for them to participate and actively engage in their own learning. About You: You will provide a stimulating and well-structured learning environment suitable for students with SEMH/ ASC You will make accurate and productive use of assessment to promote good progress You will play a full and active role in the development of the school including individual and whole school improvement Be flexible and have excellent proven team working skills Be committed to your own CPD Have excellent IT skills using Microsoft Office Closing Date: Friday 17th January - 12pm (noon) Interviews: w/b 20th January 20254 Please be available for interview on the week detailed above; you will be advised by close of play on Friday 17th January if you have been successfully shortlisted. Please note we reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum amount of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. For further information about this exciting opportunity and to apply please visit http://www.cornerstoneacademy.org.uk/ Or United Learning Careers website http://unitedlearning.org.uk/A-Career-In-Our-Group/Vacancies This school is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share the same commitment This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. For more information For a confidential discussion about this role or to visit the academy please contact Samantha Arnold, HR Manager on 01202 676789 or arnoldscornerstoneacademy.org.uk. About The Cornerstone Academy The Cornerstone Academy Blandford Close, Hamworthy, Poole Dorset BH15 4BQ United Kingdom 44 1202 676789 A member of the United Learning group of schools and academies since 2013, The Cornerstone Academy has transformed into an excellent local school, rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in October 2022. Serving the Hamworthy area of Poole, the 11-16 school is the kind of place you can really make a mark for your career, with opportunities to be part of the school’s success from an early stage. Everyone associated with Cornerstone understands what it means to be part of this community and how to act as a power for good, as an agent of change and as a role model within their social group. We very much look forward to welcoming you to our academy. Chris Phillips Principal