SEND Link Worker

About the role

SEND Link Worker

Haileybury Turnford, Cheshunt

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and committed practitioner to join us in supporting students with SEND in our growing SEND department at Haileybury Turnford. 

This is a busy and varied role, which includes oversight of a SEND year cohort, providing home/school liaison, in-class support and providing small group/1:1 interventions across all year groups.  Experience of the EYFS/KS1 curriculum and/or specialist provision would be beneficial. 

The successful applicant will:

• have strong literacy and numeracy skills (Grade C/4 minimum in English & Maths)
• be dedicated to ensuring students’ needs are met
• be sympathetic to those with special educational needs and disabilities
• work alongside and support other professionals within the department and school
• have good administrative skills and be confident in the use of Excel & Word
• be able to work independently and be flexible

37 hours per week, 39 weeks a year
08:00 - 16:00 Mon – Thu
08:00 – 15:30 Fri
½ hour break during the day: time of which to be agreed within the department
Salary: H5 6-9 pro rata

Haileybury Turnford is an oversubscribed six form entry, 11-19 mixed academy that opened on 1st September 2015.  Our new school launched a change in aspirations, drive and standards of achievement for our students and the wider community.  Our students will leave Haileybury Turnford knowing they have had the opportunities to achieve their personal best and with qualifications that will ensure they progress confidently to college, university and employment. 

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and wish to attract and select candidates from a wide, diverse talent pool.  Haileybury Turnford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All appointments are subject to employments checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.  We will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

We already have one new building which opened in September 2021 to replace English & Humanities and small Science blocks.  It also includes a large new library for our students.  We will have further state-of-the-art new buildings in 3 years from now, benefitting all students and staff.

Haileybury Academy Trust is an academy trust sponsored by Haileybury, the leading co-educational boarding school, and is responsible for Haileybury Turnford.  The Trust sets the strategic vision for the school, ensuring the school meets the needs of its students and that there is excellence in all areas of school life, as well as financial security. 

If you would like to make a real difference to our students in a very supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.

It is an exciting time to join us.  When Ofsted visited in March 2022 they were very clear about the very high quality of education at Haileybury Turnford.

“Pupils love the fact that their school is friendly and welcoming.  They say that it is a school where they can be themselves.  This is because it is a very tolerant community.  Pupils feel very safe.  They attend regularly and promptly and take great pride in presenting and organising their work carefully.”

“The school helps pupils to become better citizens.  Teachers support pupils well, but pupils also support each other.”

“Pupils know that teachers always expect them to work hard.  They are grateful for this.  Pupils know that they can always learn in lessons.”

“Leaders have brought improvements to many areas of the school since the previous inspection, including behaviour and the curriculum.  Parents are very appreciative of the way the school has changed.”

“The school is a calm and orderly environment.”                                                [Ofsted, March 2022.

There are excellent professional development opportunities to support your own personalised learning, and managing staff workload and wellbeing is very important for us to ensure our staff love working at Haileybury Turnford.

Haileybury Turnford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All appointments are subject to employments checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake a satisfactory disclosure.

We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

Haileybury Turnford is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and we encourage you to view our Black Lives Matter statement which gives clarity on our anti-racist stance. In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in the education system and in all aspects of our society. Therefore, for recruitment into any post, where we have 2 or more candidates of equal merit, candidates with protected characteristics will be given advantage over candidates without such characteristics. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘tie-breaker’ and is referred to as ‘positive action’ in the Equality Act 2010.

To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.

Please apply to jarvisj@haileyburyturnford.com with a covering letter no more than two pages, and a completed application form (below).