10 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    28 January 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    16 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,581.00 - £26,700.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 4, Term Time, 39 weeks, 35 hours a week

Student Welfare Support Assistant job summary

We are currently looking to appoint outstanding candidates for a unique and exciting opportunity in the role of Student Welfare Support Assistant.

St. Mary Magdalene is a popular and successful school and is recognised by Ofsted as a 'Good' school. The secondary phase opened in September 2016 and provides a total of 900 places for students aged 11-16, along with a sixth form provision which opened in 2021.

About the role

At St Mary Magdalene, we recognise the impact of a pupil’s home life on their ability to access education. The role of Student Welfare Support Assistant is focused on supporting the students on a daily basis to ensure they can access their education, are focused on their learning and are able to make the right behaviour choices which enable them to achieve their full potential.

The role will involve:

  • Developing and maintaining good working relationships with students, parents, carers and staff
  • Daily input and monitoring of student attendance
  • Being the first port of call for students, after their own family tutors, for issues, queries or support
  • Working closely with teachers, SLT and the Home School Link Worker to put in place the correct support if/when required.

More detailed information on the roles and responsibilities can be found on the attached job description.

We can offer:

  • a supportive leadership team and vibrant professional community
  • quality training to those new to the career
  • a commitment to continuing professional development
  • a positive school culture which believes in distributed/ collaborative leadership
  • energetic and enthusiastic high attaining students
  • a supportive, Christian ethos across our school communities
  • a well equipped gym onsite that staff can use before and after school and in the holidays.

Applications will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to come in for an interview.

We reserve the right to close this listing early if a large number of favourable applications are received before the closing date, therefore early application is encouraged.

Our Greenwich Peninsula campus, beside the O2, offers excellent public transport links via the Jubilee Line to North Greenwich and various bus routes.

Please note there is no staff parking at the school - do consider this before submitting your application.

As this role will involve contact with children we will take up at least two references before interview asking about your suitability to work with children. Any job offer will be conditional on you having a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Criminal Records Check and Barred List Check, having the legal right to work in the UK and having satisfactory overseas criminal records checks if deemed necessary.

Koinonia federation is committed to positively tackling discrimination in all its forms and works to ensure that all sections of the community have fair and equal access to and experience within employment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, in particular those that are currently underrepresented in our workforce; we are respectful of all individuals’ race, age, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, caring responsibilities, disabilities and cultural background.’

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.

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About Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School

School type
Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 18
Education phase
Through
School size
1714 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 18

St Mary Magdalene C of E School is a co-educational, all-through school based in Greenwich, south-east London. The school has both primary and secondary phases. The secondary phase has approximately 560 students aged 11-18 and 80 staff.

St Mary Magdalene C of E School is part of the wider Koinonia Federation – a federation of two schools located over four sites that work together as one team. Facilities include a sports hall, library, science labs, drama and dance studio. Religious Studies, the school's specialism, is a central element of the curriculum. Extra-curricular activities include sports, food technology, STEM club and Bible Club, which all students can attend.

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