Level 2 Learning Support Assistant – EYFS

(Maternity Cover)

Salary: N3 per annum pro rata

Actual salary: £19, 571 (including 5 training days)

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday

Contract Type: Fixed Term (from 01/09/2026)

Location: Kingston Park Primary School

At Smart Multi Academy Trust we provide a high quality, bespoke education full of the best opportunities and experiences to help every child learn, be happy and ultimately successful in life. 

We are a family of 10 primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne who have formed a Multi Academy Trust because we share a collective vision for excellence in education. We believe passionately that the children within our communities deserve nothing less than the very best of opportunities and experiences to become successful citizens and lifelong learners able to lead happy, fulfilling and healthy lives. We live by our vision and values every day in all aspects of what we do and its important anyone joining the Trust does as well.

Our beliefs and school ethos at Kingston Park Primary includes:

• Treating everyone with respect.
• Being committed to building positive relationships with children and adults.
• Living by the school values of growth, respect and determination.
• Engaging with evidence-informed approaches to teaching and learning
• Believing that learning the basic skills in maths and English are essential for children to make good progress across the curriculum.
• Always continuing to improve and learn as a teaching assistant.
• Embracing diversity – everybody is welcome.
• Prioritising the well-being of pupils and staff.

What we can offer:

• Commitment to CPD and teacher development.
• Commitment to pupil and staff wellbeing.
• A diverse school community with fantastic pupils and families.
• Extensive school grounds, spacious classrooms and wonderful facilities.
• Happy, friendly, welcoming and supportive staff
• Being part of a committed and supportive Trust that prioritises staff and pupils. 

The successful candidates will be subject to an online search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2025) legislation.

Your principal place of work will be Kingston Park Primary School, but you may be required to work at other Trust sites within Smart Multi Academy Trust within reason. 

Please note that there are multiple vacancies for this role.

Please apply by completing the support staff application form and returning it to Application Form – Fill in form

Closing date: 9^th July 2026

Shortlisting date: 10th July 2026

Interview dates are likely to be: Wednesday 15^th & Thursday 16^th July 2026

Applications should be returned to: northrecruitment@epm.co.uk

Please note EPM ltd are managing the vacancy on behalf of Smart Multi Academy Trust.

SMART Multi Academy Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Each successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and satisfy a range of pre-employment checks.

Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers BEFORE the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.

Level 2 Learning Support Assistant – EYFS

(Maternity Cover)

Salary: N3 per annum pro rata

Actual salary: £19, 571 (including 5 training days)

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday

Contract Type: Fixed Term (from 01/09/2026)

Location: Kingston Park Primary School

At Smart Multi Academy Trust we provide a high quality, bespoke education full of the best opportunities and experiences to help every child learn, be happy and ultimately successful in life. 

We are a family of 10 primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne who have formed a Multi Academy Trust because we share a collective vision for excellence in education. We believe passionately that the children within our communities deserve nothing less than the very best of opportunities and experiences to become successful citizens and lifelong learners able to lead happy, fulfilling and healthy lives. We live by our vision and values every day in all aspects of what we do and its important anyone joining the Trust does as well.

Our beliefs and school ethos at Kingston Park Primary includes:

• Treating everyone with respect.
• Being committed to building positive relationships with children and adults.
• Living by the school values of growth, respect and determination.
• Engaging with evidence-informed approaches to teaching and learning
• Believing that learning the basic skills in maths and English are essential for children to make good progress across the curriculum.
• Always continuing to improve and learn as a teaching assistant.
• Embracing diversity – everybody is welcome.
• Prioritising the well-being of pupils and staff.

What we can offer:

• Commitment to CPD and teacher development.
• Commitment to pupil and staff wellbeing.
• A diverse school community with fantastic pupils and families.
• Extensive school grounds, spacious classrooms and wonderful facilities.
• Happy, friendly, welcoming and supportive staff
• Being part of a committed and supportive Trust that prioritises staff and pupils. 

The successful candidates will be subject to an online search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2025) legislation.

Your principal place of work will be Kingston Park Primary School, but you may be required to work at other Trust sites within Smart Multi Academy Trust within reason. 

Please note that there are multiple vacancies for this role.

Please apply by completing the support staff application form and returning it to Application Form – Fill in form

Closing date: 9^th July 2026

Shortlisting date: 10th July 2026

Interview dates are likely to be: Wednesday 15^th & Thursday 16^th July 2026

Applications should be returned to: northrecruitment@epm.co.uk

Please note EPM ltd are managing the vacancy on behalf of Smart Multi Academy Trust.

SMART Multi Academy Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Each successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and satisfy a range of pre-employment checks.

Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers BEFORE the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.

Level 2 Learning Support Assistant – KS2

(Fixed Term)

Salary: N3 per annum pro rata

Actual salary: £19,571 (including 5 training days)

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday

Contract Type: Fixed Term (01/09/2026-16/07/27)

Location: Kingston Park Primary School

At Smart Multi Academy Trust we provide a high quality, bespoke education full of the best opportunities and experiences to help every child learn, be happy and ultimately successful in life.

We are a family of 10 primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne who have formed a Multi Academy Trust because we share a collective vision for excellence in education. We believe passionately that the children within our communities deserve nothing less than the very best of opportunities and experiences to become successful citizens and lifelong learners able to lead happy, fulfilling and healthy lives. We live by our vision and values every day in all aspects of what we do and its important anyone joining the Trust does as well.

Our beliefs and school ethos at Kingston Park Primary includes:

· Treating everyone with respect.

· Being committed to building positive relationships with children and adults.

· Living by the school values of growth, respect and determination.

· Engaging with evidence-informed approaches to teaching and learning

· Believing that learning the basic skills in maths and English are essential for children to make good progress across the curriculum.

· Always continuing to improve and learn as a teaching assistant.

· Embracing diversity – everybody is welcome.

· Prioritising the well-being of pupils and staff.

What we can offer:

· Commitment to CPD and teacher development.

· Commitment to pupil and staff wellbeing.

· A diverse school community with fantastic pupils and families.

· Extensive school grounds, spacious classrooms and wonderful facilities.

· Happy, friendly, welcoming and supportive staff

· Being part of a committed and supportive Trust that prioritises staff and pupils.

The successful candidates will be subject to an online search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2025) legislation.

Your principal place of work will be Kingston Park Primary School, but you may be required to work at other Trust sites within Smart Multi Academy Trust within reason.

Please note that there are multiple vacancies for this role. Please apply by completing the support staff application form and returning it to Application Form – Fill in form

Closing date: 9th July 2026

Shortlisting date: 10th July 2026

Interview dates are likely to be: Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th July 2026 Applications should be returned to: northrecruitment@epm.co.uk

Please note EPM ltd are managing the vacancy on behalf of Smart Multi Academy Trust.

SMART Multi Academy Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Each successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and satisfy a range of pre-employment checks.

Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers BEFORE the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.

Level 2 Learning Support Assistant – EYFS

(Maternity Cover)

Salary: N3 per annum pro rata

Actual salary: £19, 571 (including 5 training days)

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday

Contract Type: Fixed Term (from 01/09/2026)

Location: Kingston Park Primary School

At Smart Multi Academy Trust we provide a high quality, bespoke education full of the best opportunities and experiences to help every child learn, be happy and ultimately successful in life. 

We are a family of 10 primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne who have formed a Multi Academy Trust because we share a collective vision for excellence in education. We believe passionately that the children within our communities deserve nothing less than the very best of opportunities and experiences to become successful citizens and lifelong learners able to lead happy, fulfilling and healthy lives. We live by our vision and values every day in all aspects of what we do and its important anyone joining the Trust does as well.

Our beliefs and school ethos at Kingston Park Primary includes:

• Treating everyone with respect.
• Being committed to building positive relationships with children and adults.
• Living by the school values of growth, respect and determination.
• Engaging with evidence-informed approaches to teaching and learning
• Believing that learning the basic skills in maths and English are essential for children to make good progress across the curriculum.
• Always continuing to improve and learn as a teaching assistant.
• Embracing diversity – everybody is welcome.
• Prioritising the well-being of pupils and staff.

What we can offer:

• Commitment to CPD and teacher development.
• Commitment to pupil and staff wellbeing.
• A diverse school community with fantastic pupils and families.
• Extensive school grounds, spacious classrooms and wonderful facilities.
• Happy, friendly, welcoming and supportive staff
• Being part of a committed and supportive Trust that prioritises staff and pupils. 

The successful candidates will be subject to an online search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2025) legislation.

Your principal place of work will be Kingston Park Primary School, but you may be required to work at other Trust sites within Smart Multi Academy Trust within reason. 

Please note that there are multiple vacancies for this role.

Please apply by completing the support staff application form and returning it to Application Form – Fill in form

Closing date: 9^th July 2026

Shortlisting date: 10th July 2026

Interview dates are likely to be: Wednesday 15^th & Thursday 16^th July 2026

Applications should be returned to: northrecruitment@epm.co.uk

Please note EPM ltd are managing the vacancy on behalf of Smart Multi Academy Trust.

SMART Multi Academy Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Each successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and satisfy a range of pre-employment checks.

Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers BEFORE the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.

Teaching Assistant

Dates: 1 September 2026

Salary: Scale N3

Location: North Fawdon Primary School

Contract type: 32.5 hours per week, term time plus two training days. Spread over 5 days per week
Contract term: Permanent

Qualifications: Level 2 in relevant qualification.  Paediatric First Aid is an advantage.

North Fawdon Primary is a 3-11 Primary school with approximately 180 pupils on roll. We are a hard-working, caring and welcoming school, rated Good by Ofsted. We are part of the SMART Multi Academy Trust and the Academy would be your employer.

We are looking for an experienced Teaching Assistant to join our close-knit team September 2026.

The successful candidate will:

• Have evidence of previous success in supporting children in one or more primary Key Stages.

• Experience of running successful interventions for primary age children

• Be enthusiastic about providing exciting, memorable and effective learning for our children

• Be hardworking and committed to providing the highest quality support for teaching and learning

• Have confidence to work with and assess the progress of children under the direction of the class teacher

• Be willing to work additional hours in our Wraparound Care provision where possible

• Caring, considerate and inclusive and someone who understands our core values of ‘Be Brave, Dream Big and Inspire Others’.

Informal discussions and school visits are most welcome. Please contact the school office on 0191 285 1350 to arrange this.

Please apply by completing the application form on the following Microsoft Forms link. Application Form This will return your form to EPM.

Key Dates

Closing date: Friday 10th July 2026 - 9am

Shortlist: Friday 10th July 2026 - 4pm

Interviews: Thursday 14th July 2026

SMART Multi Academy Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS if one is not already in place, and satisfy a range of pre-employment checks. Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up prior to interview.

High Level Teaching Assistant

Pay Grade N6 32,597 – 35,412

Permanent Pro-rated (Term time only)

Mountfield Primary School

At Smart Multi Academy Trust we provide a high quality, bespoke education full of the best opportunities and experiences to help every child learn, be happy and ultimately successful in life. Our vision is to provide an excellent educational experience for every single child. 

We are a family of 11 primary schools, and we share a collective vision for excellence in education. We believe passionately that the children within our communities deserve nothing less than the very best of opportunities and experiences to become successful citizens and lifelong learners able to lead happy, fulfilling and healthy lives.  

SMART are seeking to recruit a High-Level Teaching Assistant to join the staff team at Mountfield Primary School

At Mountfield Primary School, we are committed to providing the highest quality support for teaching and learning for our pupils. Candidates must be innovative, creative, skilled in the use of positive behaviour strategies and have experience of working with children across the Primary age range as well as being committed to working alongside a supportive and dynamic team to continue to raise standards and achievement.

The role will consist of the following:

• Supporting teaching and learning in Year 6 during morning sessions
• Providing whole-class cover and supporting SLT release time and staff absence across the primary age range in the afternoons
• Delivering small group and intervention support in core subjects
• Assisting with pupil assessment and progress monitoring
• Promoting high expectations of behaviour, modelling positive attitudes and consistently applying school behaviour policies
• Creating a calm, supportive and purposeful learning environment
• Working collaboratively with staff to meet the needs of all learners
• Supporting pupils’ wellbeing, development and safeguarding
• To encourage pupils to become independent learners, to provide support for their welfare, and to support the inclusion of pupils in all aspects of school life

The successful candidate will be subject to an online search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2025) legislation.

Your principal place of work will be Mountfield Primary School but you may be required to work at other Trust sites within Smart Multi Academy Trust within reason. 

Please apply by completing the support staff application form and returning it to northrecruitment@epm.co.uk

Closing date: Tuesday 7^th July at midday. 

Shortlisting date: Tuesday 7^th July pm

Interview date: Friday 10^th July

Applications should be returned to: northrecruitment@epm.co.uk

Please note EPM ltd are managing the vacancy on behalf of Smart Multi Academy Trust. 

SMART Multi Academy Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS if one is not already in place and satisfy a range of pre-employment checks. Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up.

Cleaner – Grade N01 SCP3

£25,949 per annum (pro rata actually £5,259.93)

10 hours per week

Fixed term (initially) – 12 months term time only

Start date: 1^st September 2026

The Smart Multi Academy Trust is a group of eleven primary schools with academy status. We are seeking to recruit an experienced cleaner to join our dedicated and hardworking Estates Department as part of the premises staff team. The remit will involve the day-to-day provision of a clean and well-presented site providing an attractive and purposeful learning environment for both our staff and pupils. The Estates Department is in a period of growth and it is an exciting time to join us on our journey. The employer will be the Smart MAT and the post will work to the local Cluster Manager.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate a record of cleaning and hygiene skills. They should be enthusiastic, hardworking and committed to maintaining standards and be able to contribute to the future development and improvement of the site.

Applications are invited from both experience cleaning processionals and those from different specialities. This is a valued role, key to the successful operation and cleanliness of the site, so it is essential that the successful candidate can demonstrate the key skills outlined in the person specification.

Experience is not necessary and full training will be provided to the successful candidate.

The working pattern for this post is 1500-1700 and is based initially at Kenton Bar Primary School before moving to North Fawdon Primary School.

What we can offer you:

• Attractive salary schemes
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to a wide range of health and wellbeing services
• Attractive annual leave allowance
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An experienced and talented Estates Team
• The opportunity to work across the sites within the Trust
• Opportunity for flexible working, where appropriate

How to apply:

To apply, please request an application pack from the Estates Department, ensuring to return both the completed application and the Safer Recruitment form, by email to Gemma Hetherington at estates@smartacademies.net

To access a link to the application pack, please visit our website at www.smartacademies.net/vacancies

Closing date: 10^th July 2026

Shortlisting: 13^th July 2026

Interviews to be held: 15^th July 2026

Safeguarding

The Smart Multi Academy Trust is strongly committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. As this post involves working with children and dealing with sensitive information, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers BEFORE the interview stage, even if you indicate otherwise. Online google searches for the applicant’s name will be carried out after shortlisting and before interview. Appointment of the successful candidate will depend upon a satisfactory enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other recruitment and vetting checks. Any offer of employment will be conditional to all relevant checks.

Smart Multi-Academy Trust
Estates Department
Job Advert

Cluster Manager – Grade N06 SCP20
£33,673 per annum (pay award pending)
37 hours per week
Full time – year round
Start date: as soon as possible

The Smart Multi Academy Trust is a group of eleven primary schools with academy status. We are seeking to recruit a proactive and reliable Cluster Manager to oversee the day-to-day estates, facilities, and site operations across two primary school sites. The remit will involve the provision of safe, secure, compliant, and well-maintained sites, providing a high-quality learning environment for pupils and staff.

The Estates Department is in a period of growth, and it is an exciting time to join us on our journey. The employer will be the Smart MAT and the post will work directly to the Head of Estates.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate a record of building/site management and first line maintenance skills. They should be enthusiastic, hardworking and committed to maintaining standards and be able to contribute to the future development and improvements.

Applications are invited from both experienced facilities professionals and those from different specialties. This is a valued role, key to the successful operation of both sites, so it is essential that the successful candidate can demonstrate the key skills outlined in the person specification.

The working pattern for this post is predominantly a day shift, and candidates should be able to travel between sites as required. The role will be primarily based across two of our primary schools in the west of Newcastle a short distance from each other.

Occasionally due to the nature of the Multi-Academy Trust, the role may be required to work temporarily at other Trust sites.

What we can offer you:
•Attractive salary schemes
•Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
•Access to a wide range of health and wellbeing services
•Attractive annual leave allowance
•Salary sacrifice schemes
•Learning and development tailored to your role
•An experienced and talented Estates Team
•The opportunity to work across the sites within the Trust
•Opportunity for flexible working, where appropriate

How to apply:
To apply, please submit a CV or complete an application form, and the Safer Recruitment form, by email to Gemma Hetherington at estates@smartacademies.net Please note that any CV only submissions will need to be followed up by a completed application form if successful in the shortlisting stage.

To access a link to the application pack, please visit our website at www.smartacademies.net/vacancies

Closing date: 10th July 2026

Shortlisting: 13th July 2026

Interviews to be held: 15th July 2026

Safeguarding

The Smart Multi Academy Trust is strongly committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. As this post involves working with children and dealing with sensitive information, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers BEFORE the interview stage, even if you indicate otherwise. Online google searches for the applicant’s name will be carried out after shortlisting and before interview. Appointment of the successful candidate will depend upon a satisfactory enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other recruitment and vetting checks. Any offer of employment will be conditional to all relevant checks.

SMART Multi Academy Trust

North Fawdon Primary School

Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Start dates: Tuesday 1 September 2026

Salary: Scale N5, SCP 13-17.

Location: North Fawdon Primary

Contract type: 32.5 hours per week, term time plus 3 teacher training days. Timings are split across the week with an earlier finish time on Friday.

Contract term:

Qualifications: Permanent HLTA qualification & First Aid is an advantage

North Fawdon Primary is a 3-11 Primary school with approximately 175 pupils on roll. We are a hard-working, caring and welcoming school, rated Good by Ofsted. We are part of the SMART Multi Academy Trust and they would be your employer.

We are looking for an experienced and successful Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our close-knit team. The successful candidate will:

· Have evidence of previous success in supporting children of primary age.

· Have experience of running successful interventions

· Have experience of assessing the progress of children, with class teachers

· Provide exciting, memorable and effective learning for our children

· Be hardworking and committed to providing the highest quality support for teaching and learning

· Have excellent literacy and numeracy skills

· Be flexible and willing to assist in after school activities where possible (for additional pay)

· Have resilience & empathy - enthusiasm is a MUST!

· Be caring, considerate and inclusive and someone who understands our motto of ‘Be Brave, Dream Big and Inspire Others’.

Informal discussions and school visits are most welcome. Please contact the school office on 0191 285 1350 to arrange this.

To apply, please submit a completed Application Form and Safer Recruitment Form to Nikki Lumley at: Application Form – Fill in form by the closing date.

Key Dates

Closing date: Monday 6th July 2026 - 9am

Shortlist: Monday 6th July 2026 - 4pm

Interviews: Monday 9th July 2026

SMART Multi Academy Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS if one is not already in place, and satisfy a range of pre-employment checks. Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up.

SMART Multi Academy Trust is an exempt charity and company limited by guarantee registered in England with company number 10257723. The company's registered office is Wyndham Primary School, Montagu Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4SB.

Trustee Recruitment                                                                                                                                                               

Do you have a passion to see children’s life-chances transformed in northeast England? Are you ready to apply your skills at Board level to support a leading group of schools to grow and thrive?  If you answered ‘yes‘ to these questions, please consider whether you could join us as a Trustee of Smart Multi Academy Trust. This could be a great opportunity for you to give back some time, expertise and enthusiasm to help develop our trust to benefit the pupils, families and staff at our wonderful primary schools.  

Our Trust 

At Smart Multi Academy Trust we provide a high quality, bespoke education full of the best opportunities and experiences to help every child learn, be happy and ultimately successful in life.  

We are a family of 8 primary schools currently all in Newcastle upon Tyne who have formed a Multi Academy Trust because we share a collective vision for excellence in education. We believe passionately that the children within our communities deserve nothing less than the very best of opportunities and experiences to become successful citizens and lifelong learners able to lead happy, fulfilling and healthy lives. We live by our vision and values every day in all aspects of what we do and its important anyone joining the Trust does as well. Many of our pupils are disadvantaged but we work hard to prevent this being a barrier and ensuring every single one is advantaged by the education and opportunities we provide.  

We are entering an exciting growth phase which will see us adding more schools to our Trust. This will give us increased resource to widen and improve our networks that help us support the pupils, families and our employees to thrive. To do this well we need committed and engaged trustees who can advise and support this work. 

Smart Multi-Academy Trust - our Vision & Values

Our values are the principles to which we work and are central to all that we do as a Trust and in the life of our schools. It is important that each of our schools retain their own unique character reflective of their community, however all of us share our vision and values.

We care committed to following an ethical approach based on trust, empathy and respect in which everyone is included and supported to be the best they can be.

At Smart we provide a high quality, bespoke education full of the best opportunities and experiences to help every child learn, be happy and ultimately, successful in life as a global citizen.

Our Trust Board 

Our Trust Board has a wealth of expertise from the education, business, HR and finance sectors. We are interested in growing our Board to include people with experience in law, change management, organisation management, or facilities management at a strategic level. Our aim is to build a Board with the skillset to provide outstanding support and challenge to the Executive team, holding them to account as we strive to build an organisation that has a great reputation in the region and beyond.  

The Role 

We understand that being a trustee is a responsible role requiring an investment of time and energy. Nonetheless, we believe that we make this manageable for our dedicated volunteers. We draw upon the accessibility of Microsoft Teams to share resources and papers for the six meetings that we hold each academic year. In addition, Smart Trustees serve on one of the committees, which entails a further four meetings.  Meetings, which tend to run from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., can be joined via Teams or in person and move between sites so that Trustees get the opportunity to see the schools within the Trust.  As the Trustee role is “eyes on, hands off”, there is no requirement to undertake additional visits to our schools (though Trustees are always welcome!) and we ensure that our Trustees receive excellent support and training. 

For more information 

If you would like to know more and have a conversation, please contact Sandy Christie, Chair of the Trust Board, via email at chair.trustees@smartacademies.net or Colin Lofthouse, CEO at colin.lofthouse@smartacademies.net  

The Board of Trustees of Smart Multi Academy Trust is seeking to develop working relationships with the Northern Guild by offering placement opportunities for counselling and psychotherapy students. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a multi-agency-faceted role where students will be welcome to develop their skills across a number of disciplines across the eight schools in the Trust.
 

Overall purpose of the role: To provide emotional and therapeutic support to children aged 4-11 within the school based counselling service, whilst working within the BACP/UKCP ethical framework for counselling professionals (or other relevant Professional body) to improve and maintain the mental health and well-being of children.
 

Duties and responsibilities: The successful candidate will be required to work within the developing guidelines of the SMART Multi Academy Trust:

• To provide one to one counselling or therapeutic work within the SMART school counselling service for children aged 4–11 years old in an allocated school.  The number of allocated sessions will depend on relevant experience and the availability of the student.
• To provide a counselling needs assessment with parents/carers for children accessing counselling.
• Manage their own caseload diary, ensuring accurate record keeping and working in-line with the Trust’s safeguarding policy and procedure.

• Create and maintain excellent working relationships with parents and school staff. Liaise with the appropriate professionals in relation to the child.

• Provide information and case material to contribute to the annual evaluation report.  

• The Volunteer School Counsellor/Psychotherapist (VSC/P) will be required to work in-line with SMART’s confidentiality and information sharing policy.
• To work alongside and be supported by pastoral leads within school settings to work with identified children, including, where appropriate, liaising with external agencies.
   

Clinical Supervision: Successful VSC/Ps will be responsible for their own clinical supervision arrangements that comply with their course requirements.  Within school, they will report to the school SENDCo who will provide line management supervision and ongoing support.  The Trust is dedicated to promoting the mental health and wellbeing of our children. 
 

Closing date for applications: Applications are welcome over the course of the year and informal interviews with prospective candidates will be held at a mutually convenient time.
 

Applying

If you decide to apply for this post, please complete the Smart Multi Academy Trust application form and all supporting documentation.

Smart Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  All posts are subject to an enhanced disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.  Please note that in all cases, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.
 

Please send all completed applications and supporting documentation to enquiries@smartacadmies.net for the attention of Hollie Lowrey, Senior Administration Officer.

The Board of Trustees of Smart Multi Academy Trust is seeking to develop working relationships with the Northern Guild by offering placement opportunities for counselling and psychotherapy trainees.  This is an excellent opportunity to work in a multi-agency-faceted role where trainees will be welcome to develop their skills across a number of disciplines within the eight schools in the Trust.

Overall purpose of the role: To provide emotional and therapeutic support to parents and staff within the school based counselling service, whilst working within the BACP/UKCP ethical framework for counselling professionals (or other relevant Professional body) to improve and maintain the mental health and well-being of adult stakeholders.

Duties and responsibilities:  The successful candidate will be required to work within the developing guidelines of the SMART Multi Academy Trust:

• To provide one to one counselling or therapeutic work within the SMART school counselling service for parents and staff in an allocated school.  The number of allocated sessions will depend on relevant experience, service requirements and the availability of the student.
• Manage their own caseload diary, working in-line with the Trust’s safeguarding policy and procedure.
• Create and maintain excellent working relationships with parents and school staff. Liaise with the appropriate professionals in relation to the adult.

• The Volunteer School Counsellor/Psychotherapist (VSC/P) will be required to work in-line with SMART’s confidentiality and information sharing policy.
• To work alongside and be supported by pastoral leads within school settings to work with identified families, including, where appropriate, liaising with external agencies.

Clinical Supervision: Successful VSC/Ps will be responsible for their own clinical supervision arrangements that comply with their course requirements.  Within school, they will report to the school SENDCo who will provide line management supervision and ongoing support.  The Trust is dedicated to promoting the mental health and wellbeing of our families and staff.

Closing date for applications: Applications are welcome over the course of the year and informal interviews with prospective candidates will be held at a mutually convenient time.

Applying

If you decide to apply for this post, please complete the Smart Multi Academy Trust application form and all supporting documentation.

Smart Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  All posts are subject to an enhanced disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.  Please note that in all cases, written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.

Please send all completed applications and supporting documentation to enquiries@smartacadmies.net for the attention of Hollie Lowrey, Senior Administration Officer.