Deadline is today

  • 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

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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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
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About Chiltern Way Academy Austen

School type
Free School, ages 4 to 16
School size
136 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 16
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School website
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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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