Job Opportunity - Traveller Education Support Assistant
Commercial & Business Services
Support Services for Education
Countywide
Salary:
Fixed Term Contract until 31 August 2019
About us
This is an exciting opportunity to join Support Services for Education. The Ethnic Minority Achievement and Traveller Education Service are looking for a full time Education Support Assistant to work in this busy and hardworking team. This is a varied role which involves supporting Traveller pupils and schools to raise levels of achievement and aspiration.
About the job
The role will involve you carrying out referrals, making assessments of need and establishing links with families and schools. You will act as a point of advice for schools around cultural issues and will work with Traveller pupils at key transition points to help raise stay on rates in education. You will support Traveller pupils in school and will help to remove any barriers to learning. You will attend relevant school and multi-agency meetings to support individual pupils. You will also make home visits as part of home school liaison requests, which may include visits to Traveller sites, fairground sites and roadside families. As part of the team you will be involved in delivering termly events to help improve attendance, reduce exclusions and raise aspirations. There will also be opportunities to deliver on-site teaching at Fair school and to deliver workshops at training events.
About you
You will be a self-motivated team player who is able to act as a champion for Traveller pupils. As a part-traded service within SSE, we offer a range of specialist packages to schools and you will have the opportunity to be involved in both the delivery of and planning of new packages. Flexibility and the ability to adapt to changing needs of the service is a necessary part of the role, making a positive and committed attitude a necessity.
Additional information
For an informal discussion about the post please contact Kate Daunton, Service Manager on 07977402459.
Staff benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package to all of our employees, including: - A Local Government Pension Scheme. - Discounted lease car via salary sacrifice scheme and options for discounts on petrol or diesel. - My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and so forth. - A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work, childcare vouchers, additional annual leave, computers, mobile phones and health screening. - Generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements. - Staff discounts in gyms. - Employee Assistance and support offering a variety of employee wellbeing services to support a healthy work/life balance and lifestyle. - Optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
Somerset County Council must ensure that each person who works for the public authority in a customer-facing role can speak fluent English. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for the role.
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do. We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. We offer an excellent benefits package to all of our employees including:
- A Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Discounted lease car via salary sacrifice scheme and options for discounts on petrol or diesel.
- My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and so forth.
- A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work, childcare vouchers, additional annual leave, computers, mobile phones and health screening.
- Generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements.
- Staff discounts in gyms.
- Employee Assistance and support offering a variety of employee wellbeing services to support a healthy work/life balance and lifestyle.
- Optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
Apply via our online application form: https://secure1.somerset.gov.
Closing date: