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Student Support & Welfare Officer

Orleans Park School, Twickenham, TW1 3BB

This job expired on 21 June 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  21 June 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37.5 hours per week: 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday 39 weeks per year (term time only)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC Salary Scale 6: £29,458 - £30,382

What skills and experience we're looking for

Orleans Park is a successful and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive that serves its local community in Twickenham with over 1,350 students. The dedicated staff work hard to ensure students are successful and leave as responsible citizens and confident individuals.

We are seeking to appoint a Student Support & Welfare Officer to join our thriving school. This is a busy, student-facing role within a large secondary and sixth form school setting, working alongside appropriate members of staff to offer a safe, calm and caring environment for our students.

The successful candidate will have:

• first aid qualification, or be willing to train
• experience of working with children and young people
• the ability to work calmly under pressure and to respond flexibly to changing demands
• effective IT skills and confident in the use of Google and Microsoft suites

What the school offers its staff

• a commitment to the professional development of all its staff to become outstanding teachers and leaders
• regular CPD sessions
• Sixth Form in dedicated buildings and facilities
• employee assistance programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• situated on a 16-acre site close to the River Thames and the centre of Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The borough is home to the attractions of Richmond Park, Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace and Twickenham Stadium.
• easy access to central London and excellent transport links for bus, train, Underground and Overground services
• close to the M3/M4/M25 with staff parking on site
• staff travel card loans
• Cyclescheme

Commitment to safeguarding

In line with the statutory guidance document Keeping Children Safe in Education (2024) the school will conduct online searches after the shortlisting process for any candidates who accept an invitation to interview. The appointment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS Disclosure. Orleans Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer interview.

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About Orleans Park School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1373 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Orleans Park School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@orleanspark.school
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/orleans-park-school (opens in new tab)

Orleans Park is an Outstanding School (Ofsted November 2023) with over 1,350 students, serving its local community in Twickenham. The dedicated staff work hard to ensure students are successful and leave as responsible citizens and confident individuals.

Please see more about working at Orleans Park on our website https://www.orleanspark.school/about-us/working-at-orleans

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