Lead for First Aid & Children with Medical Needs
Barnwood Park School, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 3QUThis job expired on 18 February 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
18 February 2024 at 9am
Date listed
5 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Part time, 08:30—15:30, 32.5 hours per week, term time only + 2 weeks in the summer holidays
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,979—£27,334
What skills and experience we're looking for
Barnwood Park is seeking to appoint a well-qualified, highly organised and hardworking individual to work as our new Lead for First Aid & Children with Medical Needs.
You will be confident, resilient and able to work in a fast paced environment. You will be able to build positive working relationships with students, parents and staff, have well developed interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of the wider school support team.
Job Purpose:
- To coordinate provision for children with medical needs in school
- To ensure the school has effective first aid provision
- To support students at school who have medical conditions so that they have full access to the curriculum
- To ensure that adequate arrangements are in place to support students with medical conditions
- To work in partnership with school leaders, health and social care, students and parents to ensure that the needs of children with medical conditions are properly understood and effectively supported
Relationships: The postholder;
- Is responsible to the Headteacher via the Business & Operations Leader in all matters
- Will be line managed by the Business & Operations Leader
- Will maintain good working contacts with all levels of teaching and support staff, students, parents, Governors, staff members of Education and other Council Departments and other similar agencies, contractors, visitors and external bodies
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Acting as ‘Matron’ in our Secondary School to include care of sick, injured and distressed individuals until better and further care can be arranged with parents/hospital; dispense drugs as appropriate etc.
- Administer Intimate Care for students requiring assistance
- Work with teachers to identify children with particular developmental concerns, assess their health status and refer to specialist services where necessary.
- Work with parents, carers, specialist health professionals and others to develop, implement and monitor in-school care plans for students with complex health needs and long-term conditions (e.g. asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, anorexia or eating disorders, etc.) to enable them to attend and benefit from school.
- Develop and maintain accurate IHPs (Individual Healthcare plans) and PEEPS (Personal Evacuation Plans) for students with medical conditions
- Contribute to school’s emergency/business continuity plans incl responses to outbreaks of communicable diseases
- Work with teaching staff & the Designated Safeguarding Team to identify and act to safeguard students at risk of harm
- Uphold medical confidentiality in line with legal duty of confidentiality to students and maintain medical records accurately
- Ensure that all dispensed treatment given and supplies used are recorded
- Ensure all administration for the role is kept up to date
- Maintain and improve professional knowledge and competence, keep up to date with professional, clinical and healthcare issues relevant to work in schools
- Administer First Aid as required throughout the School community
Health and Safety:
- Understand the implications of H&S to carry out the role of the Offsite Visits Co-ordinator
- Be aware of the responsibility for Health, Safety, Safeguarding and Welfare and that of others who may be affected by your actions or inactions.
- Co-operate with the employer on all issues to do with Health, Safety, Safeguarding, Child Protection, Data Protection and Welfare
The postholder should have and exhibit:
- Excellent written, verbal and IT skills
- Knowledge of assessment of health needs of the school aged population
- An understanding of the principles of public health/community development, child protection, child surveillance programmes and accident prevention ·QCF/NVQ in Health and Social Care
- Up to date First Aid at Work Qualification
- Car driver
What the school offers its staff
Barnwood Park can offer you:
- A strong and supportive Leadership Group
- An excellent body of motivated and innovative staff
- A diverse group of hardworking youngsters of all abilities who thrive on caring, challenging and inspiring teaching
- The departmental information will provide you with more details of the candidate specifications and school resources.
Commitment to safeguarding
Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications from all sections of the community irrespective of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion or age.
This appointment is subject to verification of the right to work in the UK.
Copies of the following policies relevant to the recruitment process can be found on our website www.barnwood-park.gloucs.sch.uk
Safer Recruitment Policy, Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy, Equality Policy (p12)
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About Barnwood Park School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 889 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Barnwood Park School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@barnwood-park.gloucs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01452 530389
Barnwood Park is a co-educational 11-16 comprehensive school. This is a very exciting time to be considering joining us as have completed our transition to being a fully mixed, growing and successful comprehensive school. We have gone through a period of steep improvement since 2012 and we won an award from the DfE in 2015 for being one of the most improved schools in the country; we were officially recognised as a Good school by Ofsted in 2019.
Barnwood Park have a committed staff team and a very high staff retention rate. We are looking for someone who will complement our team and support the school in its relentless focus on teaching and learning, seeking to increase the rates of progress and student achievements. We have a comprehensive and exciting CPD programme for all staff, so whether you are an experienced teacher or an ECT, we can offer you plenty of opportunities to develop.
In addition to this, we can also offer you:
• A strong and supportive Leadership Group
• An excellent body of motivated and innovative staff
• A diverse group of hardworking youngsters of all abilities who thrive on caring, challenging and inspiring teaching
• Professional support and development opportunities which will enable you to work creatively and innovatively in order to deliver high quality educational experiences for the students at Barnwood Park.
This post would be very suitable for an ECT, who would receive excellent support from the Department and our Deputy Head who supports all ECTs in school to feel happy, successful and part of the Barnwood Park family.
Arranging a visit to Barnwood Park School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@barnwood-park.gloucs.sch.uk.
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