Youth Worker

Position: Youth Worker

Location: Burnley

Start date: ASAP

Contract: Temporary position

Are you a Nurturing Educator committed to improving the lives of children and young people?

Teaching Personnel are looking for an experienced Youth Worker to join a fantastic school in Burnley.

The youth worker is responsible for supporting the children to ensure the effective delivery of the school’s curriculum. The ideal candidate will be able to set firm but fair boundaries whilst aiming to remove barriers to learning. It is important to give regular feedback and encourage their young people to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study.

About the School
This Secondary specialist school caters for pupils aged 11 to 16, who have a wide range of needs, including Social Emotional Mental Health. Their dedicated team, work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

It is essential that the applicant must have prior experience supporting children with SEMH. As these are challenging environments the applicant must offer strategies for the children to cope with high pressure situations.

If you are interested in this position, please register your interest with Keira by clicking apply now! You will be contacted within 48hours to discuss next steps.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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