High Close is a successful non maintained special school offering day and residential provision for young people with complex social, emotional and mental health needs. Staff within the  care teams support young people to be able to access their education and provide a waking day curriculum to enable them to learn and develop social skills and coping strategies whilst providing them opportunities to experience new challenges and adventures. 

It's a challenging environment, calling for resilience, patience and tolerance, helping us to ensure children can achieve success in a safe environment.    

This is an excellent opportunity to work within our professional and highly motivated residential staff teams providing holistic care to ensure the best outcomes for our young people. The position is for staff to join us on an as and when basis to support both the residential units and/or as and when support to the day unit pupils at lunchtimes.  .  

Previous experience of working with young people is desirable and candidates who hold a relevant NVQ/Diploma level 3 – Children and Young People/Residential Child Care are welcomed. 

This is an ongoing vacancy, applications will be reviewed on a regular basis and shortlisting and interviews will be arranged accordingly 

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Description. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described. 

For further information please contact  Natalie Potter or Laura Byron on 0118 9785767.