21 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    23 April 2025 at 8am

  • Date listed

    21 March 2025

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

£31,586.00 - £35,235.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 5 - SCP 16 - SCP 20 Depending on experience

Family Welfare Lead job summary

Family Welfare Lead

32.5 hours per week

39 weeks a year

Permanent

Leiston is a 420 place school with a busy nursery. Currently judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’. We offer our children a wide range of opportunities. Leiston Primary School is a supportive and thriving environment working with pupils from a range of backgrounds. We constantly look at ways to develop and extend our practice to support our role as part of the community. We uphold a safeguarding ethos at the very heart of what we do and it forms our decisions on a day by day basis with the child’s voice being a key part of this. Our ideal candidate will work to ensure that safeguarding across the school is effective and will take lead responsibility as well as advising and supporting children, families and staff within our school community.

We are looking for a candidate who:

  • is passionate about safeguarding and is able to work collaboratively with pupils and colleagues
  • is a positive and welcoming presence in the school and works effectively with all stakeholders
  • has proven experience in effective safeguarding
  • understands the importance of shared culture within a school and knows how to promote this for the benefit of all
  • is an excellent practitioner
  • has high expectations in all areas of school life

We can offer:

We are proud to be part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Farlingaye High School, Kesgrave High School, Bungay High School, Castle East School, EAST SCITT and four other primary schools Wickham Market, Easton, Leiston and Saxmundham with whom we work closely with.

For an informal conversation please contact the school office on 01728 830745 and ask for the head of school Mrs Lucy Melton or email lei.finance@eastmat.org

East Anglian Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. Please note that all applicants will be subject to online searches. The successful candidate will be also be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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.

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About Leiston Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
380 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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