37 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    to be agreed with successful candidate

  • Closing date

    31 March 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    18 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week, term time only + 5 days

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

SO1 (SCP 23-25) £33,366 - £35,235 Actual salary £28,824 - £30,439

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Stephen Longfellow Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Health & Wellbeing Coach This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy, the Health and Wellbeing Coach will be employed to improve the potential and life chances of the most vulnerable and at-risk students, specifically those students at risk of anti-social behaviour, criminality, Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines and gang affiliation and those students who are at risk of permanent exclusion.

The post holder will be responsible for the management and development and management of other Teaching Assistants including allocation and monitoring of work, appraisal and training.

The ideal applicant will:

  • Have GCSE Grade C in English and Mathematics (or equivalent).
  • Have an understanding of the particular factors and issues faced by children and young people in relation to the maintenance of good mental health and emotional wellbeing.
  • Have strong emotional intelligence.
  • Be student focused and child centred.
  • Have a commitment to safeguarding children.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

  • Membership to a local government pension scheme.
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
  • Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
  • £2k Cycle to work scheme.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored.
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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About The Stephen Longfellow Academy

School type
Free School, ages 5 to 16
School size
1 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 16

School location

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