Student Support Officer

**Salary**:
Grade 4, Scp 5-7, (£18,130 - £18,710 actual salary)

**Job type**:
Part Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
ASAP

19 March 2025

**Job overview**:
**Student Support Officer**

**Grade 4, Scp 5-7, (£18,130 - £18,710 actual salary)**

**31.5 hours per week, term time plus 5 training days**

**Monday 8:30am to 3:30pm (30 minutes lunch break) Tuesday to Friday 8:30am to 3:15pm (30 minutes lunch break)**

**Starting as soon as possible**

**Permanent**

Kelvin Hall School is part of Thrive Cooperative Learning Trust, formerly YHCLT. Founded in September 2016, it is now responsible for 10 schools across Hull, including 3 secondary schools and 7 primary schools.

We are a successful 11-16 mixed comprehensive school with approximately 1640 students on roll. We are a popular first choice of school for families in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire and are a successful school academically.

Required to start as soon as possible, a Student Support Officer to provide pastoral and learning support to students at Kelvin Hall School. You will work alongside the Pastoral Year Leaders assisting in the implementation of agreed support strategies and restorative practice where necessary.

We are looking for someone who believes in building strong relationships with students and families and is willing to go the extra mile to support them in being successful both in and outside of school. The role is to provide support and guidance to students, including support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist in the management and care of pupils around the school. You will possess excellent communication skills and work closely with parents/carers. In addition, you will be required to support student supervision before school and at break and lunch times.
- The ability to establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model;
- An understanding of the various barriers to learning, particularly in relation to those that would affect behaviour.

In addition, the following personal qualities;
- To be empathetic and a good listener;
- To be encouraging and motivating;
- Excellent interpersonal skills.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking School which is committed to academic excellence; continual development of staff; and innovative teaching and learning strategies. This is within the context of outstanding pastoral care and curricular provision to ensure the best possible student experience.

**Closing date: Wednesday 19th March 2025, 4pm**

**Interviews: W/C Monday 24th March 2025**

As part of Thrive Co-operative Learning Trust commitment to safer recruitment processes and in accordance with statutory guidance:

- Keeping Children Safe in Education

**Our commitment to Safeguarding**:_ _**Thrive Co-operative Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Each school has a robust Safeguarding Policy and all staff receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout their employment.

This role involves contact with children and provides regular access to children, therefore it is ‘regulated activity’. As such, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act - 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

**Our commitment to equality and diversity**: Thrive Co-operative Learning Trust recognises and celebrates the diversity of its schools and their communities. There is a shared commitment across the Trust to develop further a culture of respect, where discrimination is not tolerated, and individuals are treated equitably and fairly and feel a sense of belonging.

Please visit
- Thrive Trust website

**About**Kelvin Hall School**:
**Kelvin Hall School**
- Bricknell Avenue, Hull
- North Humberside
- HU5 4QH
- United Kingdom

+44 1482 342229

We are a large mixed secondary school of approximately 1,600 pupils aged 11-16. Kelvin Hall School is an exciting and enjoyable place to learn, where relationships between staff and pupils are positive and happy.

We support our young people, so they enjoy their time at our school and play a key part in all that school life has to offer. We are immensely proud of the successes achieved by our pupils and we constantly strive to do more and be even better. Our ultimate purpose is to do everything that we can to ensure that our students are given the best opportunity to succeed well beyond their school life. We are very proud of all our achievements, not only in examination success, but also in offering wide-ranging and relevant learning experiences beyond the curriculum, equipping all students for their next steps in life.

Outstanding teaching and learning is our priority. Our highly qualified and motivated staff work hard to ensure our students achieve at the highest level, whatever their starting point.

**Ofsted report**

Kelvin Hall School was in