Advocate

3 days ago

Paignton, United Kingdom Catch22 Multi Academies Trust Full time

Company Description

The Brunel Academy provides a safe, nurturing environment for 56 secondary-age students who have been unable to sustain a place in mainstream education. By prioritising academic achievement and introducing behaviour interventions and therapeutic support where necessary, we enable them to re-integrate at the same key stage as their peers, and go on to access opportunities in employment and further education.

The Catch22 Multi Academies Trust is the vehicle for our sponsorship of an expanding number of academies focusing on learners who can benefit from small, supportive alternative education provision.

Academy sponsorship is about using partnerships to provide specific expertise and skills to enhance standards. Catch22, with our existing wide experience of alternative education provision, brings a focus on academic and behavioural improvement leading to improvement to pastoral provision and greater focus on preparing young people for the world of work.

**Job Description**:
Do you have expertise in working with young people with complex needs and behavioural difficulties? Do you believe that all young people have the capacity to learn, regardless of their life situation? Do you want to be a part of a team that is leading the way in Torbay, by changing the futures of excluded and marginalised young people?

The Brunel Academy, Paignton is looking for an Advocate to support our secondary-age students and their families. You will be working with students who have been unable to sustain a place in mainstream education, including those with complex, high behaviour and additional learning needs. You will be advocating for our most vulnerable learners, specialising in support of children looked after and previously looked after while inspiring them to learn and achieve.

As an Advocate, you’ll have a key part to play in the academy’s success. Working closely with the Headteacher and teaching staff, you’ll assess each pupil’s educational, emotional and behavioural needs, and then devise tailored support programmes to meet them. These could include individual sessions, group work, family visits and other interventions. We’ll also expect you to assess the progress of the young people in your caseload regarding educational attainment, classroom behaviour and other issues such as vulnerability or risk of harm.

**Job Purpose**:

- Strategic planning and day-to-day oversight of student behaviour
- Support a clear and consistent approach of staff to the upholding of safe behaviour, minimising students’ barriers for learning to enable an inspiring learning environment and enjoyment for all
- Promote respect, honesty, communication and teamwork throughout the Brunel Academy
- Produce a periodical report of raw and analysed data (in your area) to inform practice and recognise success and difficulty to generate progress
- Support all learners to achieve their full potential in a challenging yet safe environment

**Main responsibilities**
- Lead and provide Duty support for staff and students within the Academy
- Support staff in the completion of behaviour management plans and Risk Assessments
- Lead on the recording of data for behaviour including physical interventions / exclusions / duty calls
- Monitor RPI, QA and data
- Support staff in developing personalised strategies for individual students as necessary
- Work with colleagues to design, implement and review individual development plans for the academy’s students according to identified needs at assessment
- Organise and deliver 1:1 and small group targeted support, advice, guidance, practical help and mentoring for learners as appropriate to their needs and context
- Establish close collaborative and informative relationships with a range of partners including, but not limited to: Social Services, YOT, police, parents and communities
- Keep accurate records for use in case conferences and regular professional meetings
- Participate in multi-disciplinary teams and meetings, eg PEPs, planning and review, core group, strategy, CIN and TAF
- Facilitate reintegration, restorative and class meetings to address and prevent harm caused by students as well as relationships and bullying incidents

**Other Duties**
- Be aware of and assume the appropriate level of responsibility for Safeguarding and promote the welfare of children: report concerns in accordance with the Burton Academy’s Safeguarding Policy
- Comply with the Brunel Academy’s Health and Safety Policy
- Work with due regard to the health and safety of themselves and others
- Support the Headteacher in the development and implementation of health and safety practices
- Draw attention to health and safety problems
- Be conversant with and carry out relevant national legislation and Catch-22 policies
- Support students and parents or carers during students’ transition and reintegration

**Developing self and working with others**
- Treat students, staff and parents fairly, e

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