Work Experience - Enfield, United Kingdom - Enfield Council

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West Lea

'A School Without Limitations'

Work Experience (WEX) Coordinator
Enfield, London

Actual Salary Range:
£24,025 - £26,088 p.a inc (Scale 5)

Hours: 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus 5 INSET days)

Contract term:
Permanent

Responsible to:
Head of School

Thank you for your interest in the role of Work Experience (WEX) Coordinator at West Lea School.

We are seeking a highly organised individual to develop and co-ordinate work experience activities across KS4 and KS5 provision. Our careers plan and programme have been designed to help children and young people to flourish. We are committed to supporting students focusing on the 'preparing for adulthood' (PfA) outcomes.

In particular, this role is instrumental in working towards the PfA outcome of employment as well as the Gatsby benchmarks by providing meaningful experiences of the workplace and insights into the world of work.

The role will involve working closely with staff at all levels in relation to work experience (WEX) activities.

We are a 'values-based' organisation catering for students aged 4-24 with special educational needs and believe in a world where everyone can flourish.

We are seeking a WEX Coordinator who shares our values.

Understanding of the benefits of work experience and supported employment practises
Knowledge of the Preparing for Adulthood outcomes and Gatsby Benchmarks
Understanding of risk assessment processes
Understanding of working in a busy working environment often to tight deadlines
Knowledge of working with students with SEN
Ability to set high quality outcomes and targets for students in line with need
High standards of professionalism and confidentiality where appropriate
Excellent communications skills
Excellent organisation skills and proficient IT user
Ability to form trusting relationships with students, parents/carers and other key stakeholders (e.g. employer partners)
Ability to develop good working relationships and practices with teams across the school
Ability to independently prioritise, problem solve and make decision
Ability to effectively forward plan

We can offer you:

The opportunity to work in a successful, continuously improving, innovative and supportive school in an exciting phase of its development
The chance to join a talented, highly committed and supportive staff team
The opportunity to participate in a school of independence and opportunity, with an ethos of empowering each child to be as independent as possible

West Lea School is a popular and successful school. We are very proud of the school community and the way that we work together with the local area and in partnership with both mainstream schools and colleges, in a positive climate where students have every opportunity to thrive and succeed in acquiring a set of skills that enable them to experience "Learning for Life"

As a community of 220 employees serving nearly 450 learners aged 4-25 with special educational needs and disabilities across 4 campuses and several sites, we're seeking someone who is culturally aligned, who shares our values and is happy to contribute to the wider life of our happy and successful school.

West Lea is all about innovation, and as such, we are constantly evolving.

The only true way to see what we can offer is by coming to see us and discovering why we believe you should make 'our' school, 'your' school.

We want to provide you with all the information you need to decide whether the role and our school setting are right for you.

We welcome questions and would love to show you around.

Closing date:
Wednesday 28th June 2023, 12 noon
**Please note that CVs will not be accepted