Student Keyworker

4 months ago


Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, United Kingdom Greenshaw High School Full time

We are looking for a Student Keyworker. This is an exciting opportunity to join Greenshaw High School and become an integral member of the Inclusion team.

Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive, non-selective and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs with remote / hybrid working opportunities where appropriate. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are 'Always Learning'.

Our Inclusion teams provide a range of interventions to support students from ages 11-19 with behavioural, social, emotional and mental health needs. We are looking for an additional team member to provide support for our most complex and vulnerable students and family members planning, delivering and evaluating interventions tailored to meet their needs. We have a highly flexible, positive approach to supporting students and colleagues and we require someone who is genuinely committed to using their expertise to help others in an inclusive environment.

The main purpose to this role is to provide focussed family support to families and focussed support to students with complex needs which: improves parenting capacity, educational attendance of children, improved mental health and behaviour, as well as decreases other behaviours which cause risk to children. To work with parents and their children in their homes, in school, run groups and work with students on a one to one basis.

Student and family Keyworkers are accountable to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead.