SEND and Welfare Officer
Alfriston School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2TS7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
2 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,158.00 - £35,725.00 Annually (FTE) Bucks Pay Range 5 ISN 26-30 £33,158-£35,725 Pro Rata, Actual Salary £16,034-£16,293
SEND and Welfare Officer job summary
Role: SEND and Welfare Officer
Salary: Bucks Pay Range 5 ISN26-30 £33,158-£35,725 Pro Rata, Actual Salary £16,034-£16,293
Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only (39 Weeks)
Hours: 22.5 Hours Per Week
Start Date: 1st September 2025
At Alfriston School, we believe every student deserves to feel safe, supported, and empowered. We are seeking a compassionate, proactive, and dedicated SEND and Welfare Officer to join our committed team. This vital role supports the wellbeing and success of some of our most vulnerable students, ensuring they receive the care, guidance, and opportunities needed to thrive.
What You’ll Do:
- Champion inclusive education and support students with SEND and welfare needs.
- Monitor and improve student attendance through targeted interventions and outreach.
- Act as a key liaison between school, families, and external agencies.
- Assist with Early Help processes and contribute to safeguarding and inclusion strategies.
We’re Looking For:
- Someone with experience supporting children and families, particularly those with additional needs.
- A strong understanding of SEND, safeguarding, and attendance processes.
- A natural communicator who can build trust and maintain confidentiality.
- A self-motivated individual who thrives in a collaborative environment.
- Someone who lives our values of Ambition, Respect, Representation, Integrity, Belonging, and Curiosity.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a genuine impact every day. If you’re passionate about inclusion and student welfare, we’d love to hear from you.
To Apply: Please visit our website www.alfristonschool.com to apply today!
If you would like to make an informal visit please also contact Mrs Ellie Davison, via recruit@alfristonschool.com who will be delighted to arrange this for you.
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children which will be reflected throughout recruitment. The selected candidate will be required to provide suitable references and undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before taking up the post.
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 Alfriston School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 159 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Alfriston School website
Alfriston is an outstanding Special School with Academy status for girls aged 11-19 with moderate learning difficulties and speech and language and communication difficulties. We currently have 164 girls on roll. All the pupils have an Education Health Care Plan and are taught in small groups and with additional support. Our staff are specialist subject teachers and are experienced in working with a range of special needs and abilities.
Pupils attend Alfriston from all over Buckinghamshire and some neighbouring counties. We also have weekly boarding provision for 20 pupils.
We consider the staff team as our most valuable resource. Training and development is a high priority in the school. There is also personal support given to staff to manage the diverse and challenging work needed to support pupils with significant special needs. At present there are 70 staff employed at the school working in the teaching, support, residential and administrative teams. We are proud of the excellent standard of education provided at Alfriston.
WHY WORK FOR ALFRISTON SCHOOL?
Alfriston School is based in Beaconsfield. The school benefits from outstanding modern facilities, all of our classrooms are fully equipped with interactive screens and access to class sets of laptops or iPads. All teachers are provided with a laptop that is renewed every three years. The school enjoys a recently modernised performing arts and music facilities that include the use of a dance studio, sound/recording studio and performance space, along with our exceptional sports facilities that caters for a range of indoor and outdoor activities including mountain biking, trampolining, cycling, football and many others. The school also enjoys use of its spacious swimming pool designed by a bespoke architect, as part of an upgrade of the sports facilities at Alfriston, the architects developed a concertina-like roof structure that echoes the shape of the pitched roofs on other buildings in the area causing minimal sound reverberation which is beneficial for the use of our students with their Special Educational Needs.
Alfriston offers a wide and diverse range of professional development opportunities for staff, including the opportunity to train with Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT), a local Ofsted-outstanding school-centred teacher training provider.
Alfriston School also offers staff:
• A friendly working environment
• Supportive and caring colleagues
• Excellent opportunities for professional development
• Onsite parking
• Transport links (Chiltern Line and close to the M40)
• Discount on hire of selected school facilities
• Close to local amenities
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