Haywood Grove School is a community that serves primary-aged children with significant social, emotional and mental health difficulties, and their families.
We have a passionate conviction that all ...
School minibus driver and pupil support
Practical details
Volunteering • Long term role
Contact person
Catherine Smith
Provided
Requirements
#122604
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Driving children to come to/from school and for trips. Our families sometimes struggle so this is designed to help. We have a new minibus! Can also be paid.
At Haywood Grove School, every journey can make a real difference. We are looking for volunteer drivers to help support children with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. Some of our pupils find travelling by taxi extremely challenging due to anxiety, trauma or sensory needs, and a familiar, trusted school driver can be the difference between a child attending school or missing out on learning. Volunteer drivers would also help us offer a wider range of exciting off-site experiences, including Forest School, educational visits, sports activities, community projects and life skills opportunities. By giving a little of your time, you could help a child feel safe, build confidence, improve attendance and access experiences that broaden their horizons. If you enjoy driving and want to make a meaningful difference to children's lives, we'd love to hear from you. We have a minibus all new and ready to be used!
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About Haywood Grove Specialist School
Haywood Grove School is a community that serves primary-aged children with significant social, emotional and mental health difficulties, and their families.
We have a passionate conviction that all our children and community can achieve. We are optimistic about success and accept no restriction on what is possible for all people in our community. We work respectfully and responsively with our families to ensure that the impact of our support can be seen both at school and home.
We demonstrate high expectations for every child, through a high-quality creative curriculum and flexible and imaginative teaching that addresses each individual child’s learning and social, emotional, and sensory needs. We get to know the children’s talents, their strengths and their weaknesses and build their learning around these, in addition to facilitating the accumulation of knowledge and skills across a broad and balanced range of subjects. We do the same for all community members.
We view behavioural challenges as regulatory issues and address all behaviours that would not be right for a safe and civil society. We provide the right kind of support, at the right time, in the right way such that children learn to regulate their own behaviour through internal control within the context of healthy and secure relationships, rather than by external force. We make sure all our community members know how to stay regulated so that they can best help our children.
We view behaviour as communication of thoughts and feelings, we listen to what children say and what they don’t say, and we engage in collaborative problem-solving with them, to find solutions. We understand that their behaviour is driven by high levels of stress and support and teach them the explicit skills they need to return to a state of calm alert, ready for learning.
We prepare our children for the next part of their educational journey and beyond, shaping their lives for the better. They become independent, resourceful, resilient and humane members of the wider world. They know their own worth and the positive contribution they can make to their own families and to a civil society.
Everyone is made to feel welcome at Haywood Grove.