After School Clubs and Ifield Life Co-Ordinator - Part-time - Special Needs Position

The Ifield School, Gravesend

• Ref:KCC886-7039-409S
• Posted:26/05/2023
• Pay:KR5 (FTE £22,595-£23,693) pro rata + SEN Allowance
• Start Date:September 2023
• App Close Date:30/06/2023 at 09:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Ifield School are very excited to reinstate the role of After School Clubs and Ifield Life Co-ordinator, from September 2023, following the COVID-19 pandemic. As After School Clubs and Ifield Life Club Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for planning and implementing the timetable for the reintroduction of hosted sleepovers for secondary age pupils and sixth form students and ensuring adequate and appropriate staffing levels are in place. Please refer to our school website Ifield School - Ifield Life for full details of the Ifield Life Programme.

The successful candidate will be employed for 7 hours per week, Monday to Thursday from 3.45pm to 5.30pm, term time only, salary Kent Range 5 (FTE £22,595 to £23,693 per annum pro rata) + SEN Allowance. Actual salary approx.£4,007 per annum depending on experience. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to reintroduce the extra-curricular fun learning activities that school clubs and Ifield Life provide for our pupils. The successful candidate will have full support of the Leadership Team whilst they re-establish this role and we are very much open to discussing new ideas.

Key responsibilities and duties of the After School Clubs and Ifield Life Co-ordinator role may include:

• Ensuring adequate and appropriate staffing of all After School Clubs and Ifield Life.
• Liaising with parents /carers regarding attendance at After School Clubs and Ifield Life.
• Responsibility for ensuring pupils are collected and dismissed safely at the end of clubs.
• Determining the After School Clubs and Ifield Life timetable.
• Liaising with the Finance Department.

The candidate must have:

• Specialist SEND experience working with children and young adults. We would also consider exceptional candidates that lack this experience but come from a carer/medical background and can demonstrate a strong ability and capacity to work with our children and young people at Ifield School.
• NVQ level 2 supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools or equivalent, alongside GSCE grades C or above in Maths and English (you will be required to produce original certificates).
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to use own initiative and manage own workload.
• The ability to lead and supervise staff, maintaining effective and communicative working relationships on all levels.
• Patience, understanding and resilience to work in a special school.
• Enthusiastic and passionate about supporting and working with pupils with severe and complex needs.
• Computer literacy with sound ICT skills
• Multi-lingual skills to support EAL pupils would be an advantage

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Self Disclosure Form and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, will also be subject to an online search. Ifield School and all its personnel are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young people. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and against the ISA Barred List for Children including overseas criminal background checks where applicable. Appointments will be subject to satisfactory recruitment and vetting checks, including two references, one of which must be your current or most recent employer.

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Information about the school

Ifield School is a special school for children and young people with profound, severe, and complex needs. Almost half of all our pupils have a diagnosis of autism and speech and language difficulties whilst some have complex medical needs.

A unique and outstanding school, located on an attractive and spacious 9-acre site with 6 acres of managed woodland area. We believe that our highly skilled staff make a positive and valuable contribution to the lives of children with profound, severe, and complex needs, each and every day.

In May 2018 Ofsted judged Ifield as an Outstanding school for the third consecutive time.

Ifield School is one of the founding members of KsENT, a co-operative trust for Kent Special Schools.

In September 2015, Ifield School federated with King's Farm Primary School under one Governing Body collectively known as the Cedar Federation.

Ifield School and all its personnel are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young people. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and against the ISA Barred List for Children including overseas criminal background checks where applicable. Appointments will be subject to satisfactory recruitment and vetting checks, including two references, one of which must be your current or most recent employer.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Self Disclosure Form and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, and will also be subject to an online search.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Rosie Owen
• Address:Cedar Avenue, Gravesend , Kent, DA12 5JT
• Telephone: 01474 365485
• Email: rowen@ifield.kent.sch.uk