Parent Support Advisor, with Additional Responsibility for Safeguarding and Attendance, Newquay Junior Academy, REF: NJA014

33 Hours per Week (38 working weeks plus 2 inset days)

Permanent, to start as soon as possible

Actual Salary £15,932

Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT) is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed Parent Support Advisor to work at Newquay Junior Academy.

The role of the Parent Support Advisor (PSA) is to address underachievement by supporting parents and carers with the range of difficulties that they may be experiencing by working in partnership with parents, carers and pupils in a school context to enable pupils (particularly the most disadvantaged) to have full access to educational opportunities, and overcome barriers to learning and participation. The successful candidate will support and provide a complementary service to the SENDCo/Designated Safeguarding Lead, teachers and support staff in the school.

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Application forms and full details are available to download from below.

Applications by CV, letter or social media alone will not be accepted.

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Closing date for applications:                      Wednesday 14th June at 12 noon

Interviews to be held:                                    Friday 23rd June 2023

Cornwall Education 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.  All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974