Safeguarding Welfare & Attendance Support
Chiltern Way Academy Austen, BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire, RG24 9BP14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
23 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,711.00 - £30,060.00 Annually (FTE) 37 hours per week / 39 weeks per annum NJC 5 £ 27,711 - £30,060 FTE
Safeguarding Welfare & Attendance Support job summary
We’re looking for a dedicated Safeguarding Welfare Attendance Support (SWAS) professional to join our team at Austen– a modern, purpose-built school designed to meet the unique needs of primary and secondary students with Autism. Here, every day brings the chance to make a tangible impact.
You’ll be part of a strong, supportive leadership team that truly values staff wellbeing.
We offer:
Exceptional mentoring and guidance
Ongoing professional development
A warm, collaborative environment where your voice matters
Together we can make a huge positive impact on the lives and life chances of our students.
If you believe in fierce advocacy, wellbeing, and brighter futures — we want to hear from you.
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 are not accepted.
About Chiltern Way Academy Austen
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 16
- School size
- 136 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Chiltern Way Academy Austen website
The Austen Academy is a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school for learners from Year 1 to Year 11 whose needs cannot be met within a mainstream environment. All students will have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in relation to their Social, Communication Needs (SCN) associated with a diagnosis of Autism.
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