Attendance, Safeguarding and Welfare Officer
St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 7HA7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
9 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
27 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,840.00 - £28,212.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Grade I, spinal point 19 - 22. 35 hours per week, term time only plus 5 days
Attendance, Safeguarding and Welfare Officer job summary
One Excellence Multi Academy Trust is a Multi Academy Trust made up of four schools. The Trust was founded in July 2017, and is a mixed Multi Academy Trust. The vision and rationale behind the wider partnership are based on shared values and aspirations, a strong sense of community identity and values of inclusion and aspiration for all.
One Excellence Multi Academy Trust believes in supporting and investing in its staff and has a structured health and well-being programme. The programme includes physiotherapy, nurse support service and drop-in clinic, counselling, mindfulness sessions, weight management, stress awareness, GP consultations and private medical operations if required. We are also keen for staff to be able to reach their full potential and offer a range of professional development opportunities in all areas of education, nurturing and leadership.
St Mark’s Church of England Primary School are seeking to appoint a committed individual as an Attendance, Safeguarding and Welfare Officer. You will focus on improving pupil attendance, reducing persistent absence, improving punctuality and reducing unauthorised absence. Working with pupils and their families to provide safeguarding and attendance support, including referrals to external agencies where appropriate.
The ideal candidate will support children whose education is at risk and help families to improve their children’s access to learning and enable all children to maximise their educational opportunities, especially those vulnerable groups that may need additional support.
Candidates should have excellent communications skills, be organised and able to remain calm in a challenging or busy environment. Home visits may be required as part of this role so a UK driving licence and a car will be essential.
Disclosure: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We want to develop a more diverse workforce, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Applicants with disabilities will be invited for interview if the essential job criteria are met. Where our roles are customer facing and you are required to speak to members of the public, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post. As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.
The Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About St Mark's Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 440 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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