School Based Social Worker - Full-time

Danecourt School, Gillingham

• Ref:KCC887-7031-173S
• Posted:14/01/2025
• Pay:£36,124.00 - £44,711.00 Annually (FTE)
• Start Date:As soon as possible
• App Close Date:30/05/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:w/c 2nd June 2025

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Danecourt Is Hiring: A Social Work Role That’s As Unique As the Children You’ll Support

Are you a passionate Social Worker ready to make a meaningful difference? At Danecourt School, we offer a unique opportunity for an experienced Social Worker to support children with special educational needs (SEN) in a nurturing, inclusive, and forward-thinking environment.

Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks a year (term-time may be considered for the right candidate)

As a School-Based Social Worker, ou’ll

• Support pupils with emotional well-being and resilience strategies

• Work collaboratively with school staff to deliver personalised interventions

• Partner with families to provide advice and advocacy

• Liaise with external professionals to coordinate holistic support

What We’re Looking For: 

a Social Worker who is:

• Qualified and registered with Social Work England

• Experienced in working with children, especially those with SEN

• Skilled at building strong relationships with families and partners

• Empathetic, proactive, and driven to create positive change

Why Danecourt?

no two days are ever the same, but the rewards are truly worth it. You'll experience the unique joy of seeing children overcome challenges and achieve what they never through possible. Here’s why our team loves working with us:

• Make a Direct Impact: See the difference your support makes every day in a school setting
• Join a Collaborative Team: Work with a passionate staff community that values mutual support
• Shape Innovative Practice: Help deliver inclusive, child-centred approaches
• Grow Professionally: Access regular CPD and career development within a leading Trust
• Balance Work and Life: Term-time working offers flexibility and time for you
• Excellent Benefits: We offer competitive terms and conditions, including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, access to wellbeing initiatives
• Be Part of Something Special: We recently won the Medway SEND Award for Primary Special School Provision—recognised by our families as “amazing, supportive and inclusive”

Ready to Make a Difference? To experience what makes Danecourt so special, we encourage you to visit or contact Cathryn Falconer, Headteacher, for an informal chat: 01634 232589

For more details about the role, school, and trust, please refer to the Candidate Information Pack. Applications via the My New Term website.

Please don’t wait to apply—we may interview and appoint candidates as applications are received and reserve the right to close the advert early. 

Maritime Academy Trust embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Maritime Academy Trust is committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In line with KCSIE 2024 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and to share any pertinent information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children with Hiring Managers to be discussed at interview stage.

Information about the school

Danecourt Special School is part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich, Bexley, Kent and Medway . Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills. We are a special school catering for primary aged children who have special educational needs. The children who attend Danecourt have a wide breadth of needs including complex learning difficulties and autism.

At Danecourt our mission is support all pupils to become “STARS” -

S - Self reliant T - Team Players A - Aspirational R - Resilient S - Successful

This is facilitated through pupils receiving a personalised curriculum that is tailored to meet their individual specific needs. The highly trained staff team maintain high expectations of what each individual pupil is able to achieve, striving to ensure that they all reach their maximum potential; celebrating difference and encouraging curiosity and creativity. Staff work collaboratively with families/carers and a range of other agencies in order to meet the pupils needs and as a result, pupils make strong progress academically, emotionally and socially. Pupil achievement is hugely valued and celebrated in a manner that is meaningful and appropriate for each pupil.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the Danecourt community and working with us, telephone the school and make an appointment to come and meet some of the pupils and staff and to experience for yourself the quality of education given to all of our children and the unique atmosphere throughout our school.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Maritime Academy Trust
• Address:50 John Harrison Way, Greenwich, London, SE10 0BG
• Telephone: 020 8858 0394
• Email: recruitment@maritimeacademytrust.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Application Pack