Outreach Coordinator - Christchurch Learning Centre

Outreach Coordinator

An exciting opportunity to help shape our growing outreach service, this is a fixed term contract working 30 hours per week, for 52 weeks a year. Band 8  SCP 23-28 £35,570 - £40,444 (FTE) £28,843 - £32,785 pro-rated.

At Christchurch Learning Centre, we understand that some young people need something different to help them engage successfully with education.

As our outreach provision continues to develop, we are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Outreach Coordinator to join our team and help us take tailored support directly to pupils in local schools.

Working with children and young people referred to our service through Local Authority pathways, you will provide individualised support to help pupils overcome barriers to learning, engagement, attendance and wellbeing. The role will involve working directly with pupils, alongside supporting the staff around them, developing positive relationships and finding practical approaches that make a genuine difference.

This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days will be quite the same. You will deliver targeted interventions, develop individual support plans and coordinate a caseload, working closely with families, schools and other professionals to help achieve positive and sustainable outcomes for young people.

You will also support and provide guidance to staff within schools, monitor progress and outcomes, and contribute ideas and expertise to the ongoing development of our outreach service.

We are looking for someone who is:

•              passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people;

•              able to build positive, trusting relationships with pupils;

•              confident in supporting young people with additional needs and barriers to education;

•              knowledgeable about SEMH needs and trauma-informed approaches;

•              organised, adaptable and confident working independently across different settings;

•              able to work effectively with families, schools and other professionals; and

•              positive, resilient and solution-focused in their approach.

Experience within alternative provision, PRU, SEND or SEMH settings would be welcomed.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Christchurch Learning Centre at a time when our outreach provision is developing and expanding. If you enjoy working creatively with young people, building relationships and finding ways to help pupils reconnect with education, we would love to hear from you.

The Centre values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applicants from all sectors of the community.  The Centre is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share.  The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Government safer recruitment guidelines. 

Christchurch Learning Centre values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The Centre will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who is not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.