- School type
- Free School, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 214 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Avanti Meadows Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Spiritual Wellbeing Lead
More than one location, Avanti Schools Trust9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 August 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 12 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,425 - £28,288 per annum pro rata. Approximate actual pro rata £6,762 – £7,239 (0.25591% FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Hours: 12 Hours per week, Term Time Only
About us and the role
Spiritual Wellbeing Lead at our Avanti Schools
Spiritual insight is the core of our educational mission, emphasising the belief in our unique potential across intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual dimensions. This role is at the heart of nurturing spirituality, creating a safe haven for students to receive emotional and spiritual support. Our Spiritual Wellbeing Leads facilitate authentic dialogues, encouraging introspection and growth, while also providing tools for wholistic health and well-being. Assembly presentations, small-group dialogue, and drop-in sessions are integral to our spiritual wellbeing support, and the Spiritual Wellbeing Leads facilitate students and staff in developing reflective habits and meaningful relationships via these offerings. At Avanti, we cultivate gratitude and purpose, fostering a satisfying life of contribution within our school community.
What will you do?
- To contribute to the Spiritual Wellbeing provision at the school by supporting assemblies, school presentations and festival days.
- To support the spiritual and emotional development of students and staff by providing drop-in sessions
- To develop the Spiritual Wellbeing Lead role and responsibilities so that it contributes to the provision of the Avanti Way, including its implementation and assessing its impact.
- Support the Wellbeing and Inclusion teams in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
- To facilitate staff, student, and parent Spiritual Wellbeing Discussion Groups
- To develop the wider school community including social outreach opportunities and parent workshops to ensure the Avanti Way is manifested in all aspects of a students life.
For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description
What are we looking for?
- Excellent communication, organisation and presentation skills
- Ability to adapt, work flexibly and work under pressure
- Ability to act upon own initiative
- Easy to approach and make themselves available for student, staff and parents
- Exceptional listening skills and empathic communication skills
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
The Role
Avanti Services Ltd is seeking an exceptional candidate to join our school as a Spiritual Wellbeing Lead at Avanti Brook and Meadows on a permanent basis.
This is an opportunity for a gifted individual with excellent interpersonal skills to nurture and support our pupils at the very start of their spiritual journey. Working closely with teaching and key pastoral staff, the Spiritual Wellbeing Lead will help to create the spiritual ethos of the school, alongside the Leadership Team and supporting staff to enable further development of the school.
Why should you apply
You will be working in a fantastic environment.
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
Further details about the role
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
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About the schools
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- careers@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Schools support each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight.
Avanti’s unique ethos places a key emphasis on each individual’s wellbeing and good mental health. Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in the school community. All our schools share a dedicated approach to wellbeing, from providing yoga and mindfulness sessions, sports and exercise, charity work, and working with parents and carers as co-educators.
School Details
Avanti Meadows Primary School
Avanti Brook Primary School
- School type
- Free School, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 32 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Avanti Brook Primary School website (opens in new tab)
School locations
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