Inclusion and Wellbeing Support Worker

The Iffley Academy, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4DU

23 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £38,221.00 - £40,778.00 Annually (FTE)

Inclusion and Wellbeing Support Worker job summary

We are offering the opportunity for a suitably experienced and committed individual to join a therapeutic team which is dedicated to providing care, treatment, education and support for students with complex special educational needs. The successful candidate will also be given a unique opportunity to engage in a high level of professional development, as you will be supported to undertake a Foundation Degree in Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People, a two-year course provided by the nationally renowned Mulberry Bush School.

This role involves setting appropriate boundaries for children, supporting with their education, providing specific interventions as part of a therapy team and liaison with families to get the best possible outcomes. You will have a strong understanding of Autism and complex learning difficulties, and will demonstrate a resilient and instinctive approach in meeting our pupils’ needs.

Our students have a range of SEN, including Cognition and Learning Needs, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs. The relationships within our school community are built on respect, an understanding of individual needs, a strong commitment to the use of restorative approaches, and by providing outstanding teaching and pastoral care. We are a warm and caring community, dedicated to equipping pupils with the skills and knowledge they need to live independent lives. We offer individual learning pathways, vocational opportunities, and specialist therapies and interventions for students

If you share our passion for making a real difference to the lives of children and young people with special needs, this could be the opportunity you are looking for. In return for your contribution to our team, you will work in an environment which is innovative and well-resourced, and in a role which is rewarding and fulfilling.

Iffley Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, Occupational Health check and a probationary period of 6 months. The Iffley Academy is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of ethnic backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our school community.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About The Iffley Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 18
• School size: 179 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Iffley Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-iffley-academy

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