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Resident Houseparent - Boys Boarding

St George's School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4TD

This job expired on 15 April 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP - subject to satisfactory pre employment check

• Closing date

  15 April 2024 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  8 February 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,582.00 - £25,808.00 Annually (FTE) H4 Grade inclusive of outer fringe allowance

Resident Houseparent - Boys Boarding job summary

We are seeking a vibrant and caring Resident Houseparent to join our Boarding Team. This is a residential role and comes with an one-bedroom accommodation within the school. You will be required to reside in the accommodation when on duty. If shortlisted we are happy to show you around the accommodation and our school.

This role involves a wide range of duties, ranging from tending boarders who are unwell to accompanying them on exciting trips and activities. You will play a vital role in the daily lives of our boarders and will be an integral part of the school’s Wellbeing offering.

The successful candidate should:

Have experience of working with young people

Have a positive and energetic approach to working with young people

Have a desire to work as part of an exciting and dynamic team

Have a keen eye for detail and record keeping

Be excited to work as part of a diverse community and celebrate the cultures within it

Hold (or be working towards) a valid driving license

In return we can offer:

One-bedroom accommodation within school

All meals when on duty

Free parking on site

Additional training and support

Ongoing professional development

Full use of the school’s fitness suite/Gym

Childcare Voucher Scheme

Staff Wellbeing Programme

Employee Assistance Programme

As a permanent member of staff you benefit from the application being favourably ranked if you apply for a day admission place for your child at St George’s school, subject to meeting the requirements of our published Admissions Criteria and Policy.

For further details about the role, please see the attached Application Pack.

Applications will be shortlisted throughout the process and we may interview and close the advert early if we are in a position to recruit a suitable candidate. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply early.

Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or job application submitted through email.

If shortlisted you will be asked to attend an onsite interview at St George's School, Harpenden, AL5 4TD.

St Georges School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and visitors to share this commitment. This post will require a Full Enhanced , with List Checks, Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).

We are required to conduct online searches about all candidates as part of the selection and appointment process, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By submitting and signing your application, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the selection and appointment process.

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.

This job post has expired.

About St George's School

• School type: Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1384 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St George's School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-george-s-school-harpenden (opens in new tab)

DO YOU WANT TO WORK WHERE YOU FEEL YOU BELONG?

TEN GREAT REASONS TO JOIN THE ST GEORGE'S TEAM

1. Be part of a vibrant, inspiring and supportive team

2. Everyone’s contributions are valued and encouraged

3. A place where your work will ‘make a difference’ and be appreciated by pupils

4. Learning is what we do; with passion

5. Unique opportunity to work in one of the leading state boarding schools in the country

6. Students champion and promote our community’s high standards and aspirations

7. Excellent behaviour is the norm, not the exception

8. Career development is encouraged and supported through great training

9. A sense of belonging; part of a community and the St George’s ‘Family’

10. Where the worst thing about work is going home at night

Working at St George’s also comes with a number of free additional fringe benefits*: childcare voucher scheme; Employee Assistance Programme; on-site parking; access to excellent sports and fitness facilities and provision of lunch. On-site accommodation for specific posts may also available at reduced rates.

* Staff terms and conditions are liable to review and change from time to time

In 2014 OFSTED wrote that "This school has got the magic formula", and we have to say we agree!

St George’s is a unique place to work. It is the perfect blend of high quality, innovative teaching and a community which cares. It has a highly supportive pastoral system as well as a residential state boarding community, all of which is firmly cemented in our Christian principles and strong commitment to our values of mutual respect, endeavour and sense of community. We hold on to our tradition and embrace the future with equal relish.

St George’s is consistently in the top percentile of schools nationally for academic performance and rated outstanding by Ofsted. However we are not driven by such external measures but by our passion to provide the best learning and life experience we can for the pupils entrusted to our care.

We hope that you will share our enthusiasm and drive to continue to make St George’s an exciting place to work and learn.

Join us for a career at a school that certainly wants us to "Aim Higher".

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