RISE SPACE recognises that there is a diverse range of skills, experience and knowledge in our community that we want to harness and learn from. By offering Voluntary opportunities, apprenticeships and work experience placements, we hope to optimise learning experiences for our young people and staff but also build relationships with the community and contribute to supporting others as best we can. As RISE SPACE has safeguarding at the core of all its work, we require anyone undertaking any placement working with our young people will need to have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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Business Partnerships
‍RISE SPACE is always excited to find business leaders who are interested in engaging in school-business partnerships. Partnership programs can encompass a wide variety of activities.  Partnership activities will always improve the education experience. They may involve either the Provision or business, staff or student development, learner work experiences, presentations to young people to share a knowledge and skills base, curriculum development, policy development, instructional developmentguidance, mentoring and tutoring.
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RISE SPACE wants all partnerships to be mutually supportive, RISE SPACE will always commit to specific goals and activities intended to benefit students and offer a stronger presence in the community. Community members and parents should play a role in the developmental process, as the entire community will ultimately benefit from a successful partnership. Recognising that schools are typically a focal point of every community, community leaders will be encouraged to be engaged and supportive. By focusing decisions about partnership activities at the local level, we can ensure the maximum involvement and success.

If you or your business would be willing, we would love to build a partnership. Please contact hello@risespace.uk
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Friends of RISE SPACE
‍The Friends of RISE SPACE are a voluntary group that holds various social events for the students, family and friends and also fund raising events. These experiences allow the students to enhance their learning environment. Fundraisers offer the chance to socialise with a purposeful and community enhancing objective. Friends also provides financial support pupils for extra curricular activities such as residential experiences. The Friends Group is made up of staff, parents, carers and friends of RISE. We are always looking for more help and support so if you would like to join us please contact us at hello@risespace.uk
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School experience for Trainee Teachers and Trainee Teaching Assistants
‍Gaining experience working in a variety of school settings can help you decide if teaching is right for you and demonstrate that you have the commitment and skills to be successful. It may not be a mandatory requirement but by gaining some school experience, you will develop a valuable insight into teaching. Having this experience will strengthen your CV, any applications you make and also help to prepare you better for interview. This can be undertaken within RISE 16-25 SEND provision or our holiday club.

Work Experience Volunteering at a School will give you:‍

Be a Governor
‍The Governing Board acts as a critical friend to the school, takes a strategic role and challenges school leaders. The Governors hold the school leaders accountable for their decisions and ensures that the school meets its statutory responsibilities. We want our board members to be made up of local specialists with a diverse range of skills and experiences that ensure robust strategic and operational development at RISE SPACE and RISE X which is successful and in keeping with the Management Team Ethos. 
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Please see the Governing Body for more information and recruitment for any current vacancies.

‍Work with us (Recruitment)
‍We are always looking for the most creative, innovative, passionate and dedicated staff to work with RISE SPACE and RISE X. Please see Recruitment for current vacancies.

Talent Pool
Do you have passion, talent, knowledge or skills that you could teach young people? Are you engaging, motivating and fun and committed to sharing your passions with young people? Do you share our ethos? If the answer is yes, have you considered delivering one of our Specialist Focus holiday experiences? Please see RISE X for more information about our Holiday Clubs. Please email hello@risespace.uk to share what you might offer.
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Visitors
RISE SPACE try to invite visiting speakers from across the country, from a wide array of backgrounds and career paths to speak about their specialist topics of interest to our young people. Some of this expertise is specific to certain programs, but others are open to everyone. We discuss important issues such as climate change, health, social responsibility, specific careers and vocational pathways.

Guest speakers have become an important part of the educational experience for students. They expose students to real-world life experiences from the position of someone who has been there. Students get to see the insight and perspective of the guest speaker’s particular field.
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RISE SPACE also ask Visitors to host workshops and conferences, inviting an assortment of people and groups who have become successful in their fields or who have achieved something inspirational to teach workshops where possible. These opportunities are invaluable for the young people and can spark interest, curiosity, passion and excitement for them, open new worlds of possibility. .
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The benefits are:
Enhancement of the students’ educational experience as our guest speakers offer a different perspective to students, helping them to make practical sense of what they learn in their textbooks;
Helping students build important connections between what they are learning and the real world and developing their understanding of their knowledge with real life scenarios;
Developing community Links and future opportunities.

Apprenticeships
‍Apprentices are aged 16 or over and combine working with studying to gain skills and knowledge in a specific job. RISE SPACE are excited to be able to offer apprenticeships in ‘Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools.' Such an apprenticeship can prepare for roles such as Classroom Assistant, Learning Support Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Applicants for this role will require 2 qualifications equivalent to GCSEs at grades 9-4 The course will typically be for a 12-month period with a day release training experience.
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