Medical, Welfare & Attendance Officer
West Lodge Primary School, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 1AFThis job expired on 7 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 June 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
- £22,790.00 Annually (Actual) Payscale G3 pt 12
Medical, Welfare & Attendance Officer job summary
We are seeking to appoint a Medical, Welfare & Attendance Officer to join our friendly team. You should be flexible and have excellent organisational and communication skills.
You will work under the direction of the School Business Manager and will be responsible for all matters relating to pupils’ welfare and attendance, as well as taking the lead on the provision of First Aid across the school.
You will work 33.75 hours per week, term time only ; 8.30-3.45 Monday-Friday with a 0.5 hour lunch break.
The successful applicant will be required to:
- Have a first aid qualification and experience of applying first aid in the workplace, ideally in a school setting.
- Have a good level of computer literacy.
- Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Have a positive “can-do” attitude and a cheerful disposition.
- Be proactive and able to work under own initiative.
- Be a team player who is able to demonstrate a willingness and ability to accept responsibility.
- Be able to build positive relationships with staff, parents, pupils, contractors and other visitors.
- Have a flexible approach and be able to work with conflicting priorities.
- Be willing to learn and develop new skills.
We can offer -
A friendly, committed, hard-working team of staff with a strong learning culture and team ethic
A vibrant, diverse and aspirational school community
Highly motivated, cheerful and enthusiastic children
Opportunities for training and professional development
A pro-active, highly skilled and supportive Governing Body
Previous experience of working in a school and using school management information systems is desirable but not essential.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to employment.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS clearance, social media checks and references.
West Lodge is an equal opportunities employer.
About West Lodge Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 640 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Lodge Primary School website
West Lodge Primary School is a welcoming, caring and high achieving three form entry school in the heart of the vibrant, exciting community of Pinner. We have 648 pupils on roll and the school has an excellent reputation within the local community. The school has recently undergone a specialist expansion – with a specialist provision for pupils on the autistic spectrum.
We are a friendly, dynamic, creative and inclusive school with all children’s needs at the forefront of our practice. At West Lodge we thrive on challenge, think creatively and have a strong learning culture.
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