Key Role Information

Salary
£0.00
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Volunteer
Closing
29/05/2026 18:16
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
0
Department
Other
Key stage
Not Applicable
Hours per week
1.50
Weeks per year
38.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Becoming a school governor at RBET - Norfolk is a way to make a difference in the lives of young people with SEND. It is an opportunity to share your unique experience and learn new skills. Governors can develop their own professional and personal skills while sharing their experiences and knowledge.


Governors get involved in a variety of activities to support our centre. They challenge, as well as support the Headteacher and those in a leadership role within the centre. They prioritise children’s learning and the impact of budgetary spending. As well as putting children first, they consider the wellbeing of staff. School governors keep to the seven principles of public life, which are selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership.


You do not have to be a parent or have any special qualifications. All you need is energy, enthusiasm, and time. You should:

  • have an interest in education and the safeguarding of children
  • be willing to learn and attend relevant training
  • have good interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills
  • have a respect for confidentiality
  • be committed to equality of opportunity
  • commit to attend regular governing body meetings and centre visits

We need people from diverse backgrounds, who bring different experiences and ideas.


You must be aged 18 and over to apply.

About Us

RBET - Norfolk is a cohesive team of qualified teachers, wellbeing and therapy staff and everyone understands the ethos of our approach. We aim to restore our students’ sense of self-worth and faith in their peers, education staff and the education system as a whole. Our environment supports and encourages good role models so that students can develop relationships that are founded on active listening, speaking the truth, taking responsibility for their actions and acting with integrity. We treat all our young people according to their own unique and individual needs.


At Red Balloon, any adult working with our young people offers warm, non-judgmental support so that they feel accepted, valued, respected and appreciated for who they are. All children at our centre have had traumatic experiences, which means they will show their feelings in a range of ways. We understand that behaviour is an expression of feelings and we help them to express these appropriately, moving on to behaving in a respectful and considerate manner. Through our range of therapy and 1-1 mentoring, we encourage our young people to trust their own perception of what is happening, trust that they can manage their own behaviour and appropriately judge how to behave according to the situation presented.

Red Balloon Norfolk

Louise Fisher

louise.fisher@rbet.ac

76 Earlham Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 3DF
Louise Fisher
louise.fisher@rbet.ac

Safeguarding Information

Every learner has the right to flourish and be safe from harm and abuse. As a professional within Red Balloon Educational Trust; we all have a duty to keep our students safe and healthy.


Safeguarding is the action taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. It means:

  • protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
  • preventing harm to children's health or development
  • ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
  • taking action to enable all children and young people have the best outcomes


Red Balloon Educational Trust has policies and procedures to ensure that every single learner, regardless of their age, disability, gender, race, religion, or belief, sex or sexual orientation, has a right to equal protection from harm. It's so important that everyone at Red Balloon Educational Trust knows what to look out for and how to report any concerns.


Safeguarding policies may be available at Trust level or be held by each Centre individually. All Safeguarding related policies and procedures are available on our website. Every Centre will ensure all staff complete training to ensure we all understand good practice and how to safeguard our learners and ourselves.


Due to the role involving engaging in regulated activity with young people, it is an offence to apply for the role if the you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Safeguarding is Red Balloon Educational Trust's priority. No member of staff will have access to work with learners until all required training has been completed.