Student Services Receptionist and Medical Welfare Officer
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5SLThis job expired on 11 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 October 2023 at 9am
Date listed
11 September 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 5 INSET days Part time, 15 hours per week will be considered.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31 August 2024
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,369 per annum
Actual salary
- £19132
Pay scale
- Grade 4 SCP 7
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are now looking for a Student Services Receptionist and Medical Welfare Officer at Maiden Erlegh School in Reading.
This role is instrumental to the lives of our students whilst at school and is responsible for manning the Student Services reception desk assisting students with their queries in a positive and supportive manner. This is a busy post, helping with lost property queries, timetable queries and calling parents on behalf of students. The successful candidate will also be required to support the Office Manager on whole school First Aid provision – acting as the main First Aider and co-ordinating support from other First Aiders.
The successful candidate must have;
- Excellent Microsoft office skills - Word, Excel, Outlook
- Confidentiality, reliability, tact, diplomacy, sensitivity and resilience
- Ability to use own initiative and manage their time/case load
- Ability to work with a team working environment and also able to work independently
- Good sense of humour
- Flexible approach to working and commitment to ongoing service and personal development (through self-evaluation and learning from others)
- Calm under pressure, adaptable and energetic
What the school offers its staff
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading is an ambitious, over-subscribed 11-16 secondary school in an urban context which is as committed to the welfare of students and staff as it is our high-quality education. Our school benefits from excellent, modern facilities and teaching spaces and we are very proud of our vibrant, diverse and engaging students who work hard and have high aspirations.
The successful applicant will be energetic and enthusiastic and enjoy working with 11-16-year-olds. You will enjoy nurturing young people to grow in confidence and flourish personally. You will share our inclusive values of “opportunity, diversity and success for all” and you will have a willingness to develop your own practice in line with our ethos of continuous improvement.
Maiden Erlegh Trust also offers a range of career opportunities across our schools. For our teaching team we offer a flexible CPD programme which staff can tailor to their own needs which includes coaching and training for new entrants to the profession and to support career returners.
We have a proven track record of supporting ambitious staff in to middle and senior leadership posts and can offer opportunities to broaden your impact on the sector through the work of the Maiden Erlegh Institute. We are very happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part-time working and job-sharing.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.
Maiden
Erlegh Trust is committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare
of children and staff. We are also committed to being ambitious for all and
supporting everyone to reach their full potential. All employees of the Trust
are expected to share these commitments. All posts require satisfactory
employment checks and references and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and
Barring Service check. All Leadership roles will require a Section 128 check.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 888 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Maiden Erlegh School in Reading website
- Email address
- recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org
- Phone number
- 01189262467
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading is an ambitious, over-subscribed 11-16 secondary school in an urban context which is as committed to the welfare of students and staff as it is our high quality education. Our school benefits from excellent, modern facilities and teaching spaces and we are very proud of our vibrant, diverse and engaging students who work hard and have high aspirations.
We have a highly effective team of tenacious, optimistic and talented staff , supported by an experienced leadership team.
Professional development is a strength here, thanks to our Teaching School. We offer a flexible CPD programme which staff can tailor to their own needs which includes coaching and training for new entrants to the profession and to support career returners. We are very happy to discuss flexible working arrangements including part-time working and job-sharing.
The school is a part of the Maiden Erlegh Trust which offers a range of career opportunities in our vibrant and successful schools. We have a proven track record of supporting ambitious staff to middle and senior leadership posts and our can offer Specialist Leader of Education and school improvement opportunities to the right candidates
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