Advocate for Fen Rivers School

Tel: 01553 887330  Email:  H.Leggett@thebridgetrust.academy     Salary: Grade E – F, Actual Starting Salary: £22,887.36 p/a pro rata (£26,403 - £31,022 p/a FTE)  Permanent  35 hours per week (M–F)  Term time only  Start Date: ASAP    Are you looking for an exciting new challenge?   Are you an innovative, creative practitioner?   Do you have drive and ambition to be the best that you can be?   Do you relish working in an environment where you will be supported all the way?   Do you enjoy really making a difference to children’s lives?   Would you like to be part of a Trust which promotes research, creativity and staff development?   Then come and meet us.     Our story:   The Bridge Trust is a unique Multi Academy Trust which consists of five special schools, two mainstream schools, a Training & Development Service and an Outreach Service.   We are an ambitious family of schools that embraces the individuality of everyone – children and adults. We acknowledge that learning can look different for different pupils and staff, and we look to change our approach to meet the needs of the individual.    Fen Rivers, which is part of The Bridge Trust, which is a therapeutic SEMH Special School offering full time education and therapeutic support to up to 96 pupils . Our pupils are referred to the school by the local authority. Our school caters for young people aged 5 to 16 years who are outside of mainstream education and have an education and health care plan with a Primary Need of SEMH (Social emotional and mental health). We provide young people with specialist education in order for them to progress and succeed in sustained education or employment. We do this through high-quality therapeutic teaching and learning, based on effective relationships, that enable the achievement of life skills and meaningful qualifications.  For more info, please visit our website:  https://thebridgetrust.academy/our-schools/fen-rivers/     We are recruiting an Advocate for the following reasons:    To manage, support and develop a group of marginalized young people and their families by building trusting relationships through the use of individual sessions, group work, family visits and other interventions.   To oversee a holistic person centered approach to a young person’s journey from entry to exit, bridging the gap between their academic, behavioral and therapeutic needs.   To develop individual education/learning plans that brings together internal, external and multi-agency professionals in order