Student Wellbeing and Welfare Officer (Behaviour & Inclusion)
The St Leonards Academy, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8HHThis job expired on 28 July 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
2 September 2024
Closing date
28 July 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,893 - £24,294
What skills and experience we're looking for
Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks)
Actual Starting Salary (calculated pro rata): £20,551 per annum
Salaries are paid in 12 equal monthly instalments
Are you committed to the development and achievements of students? This is an exciting opportunity to join our pastoral team.
The St Leonards Academy is looking to appoint a full time Student Wellbeing and Welfare Officer (Behaviour and Inclusion) to join our friendly and proactive pastoral team. This role is to provide support for students during the school day. You will be available during lessons to pick up any issues and to provide care and assistance to any students struggling to access lessons.
You will work closely with pastoral leadership and will also be part of our on-call system relocating students from lessons where required. The St Leonards is a unique school and we aim to provide the very best pastoral support for our amazing students. Full training will be provided.
Within this highly rewarding role, your responsibilities will include:
Providing support, care and guidance; ensuring that students emotional and wellbeing needs are met
Ensuring students attend lessons
Assisting students that need to be removed for behavioural or emotional reasons
Working proactively and liaising with parents and staff in supporting students learning and progress
To be successful within this role, you will:
Be firmly committed to improving standards of learning and achievement and improving life chances for all students
Have excellent communication and listening skills
Be a confident, calm and caring team member
Be an excellent role model; offering support and guidance to ensure students are fully engaged
Have a good understanding of the learning and support needs of young people, gained in a working school setting in a learning support capacity
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this rewarding role.
What the school offers its staff
We truly value the experience,dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include:
- Automatic annual pay increments
- High quality continuous professional development and support for your career progression
- A strong commitment to your health & wellbeing including; onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors, flexible working opportunities from Day 1, and Employee Assistance programme
- Generous public sector pension scheme
- Discounts on retail & travel
- Cycle 2 Work scheme
- Charity giving
Commitment to safeguarding
The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, 2020 and 2023. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The St Leonards Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1345 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The St Leonards Academy website
- Email address
- g.sidders@thestleonardsacademy.org.uk
The St Leonards Academy
Here at The St Leonards Academy, we have a clear vision of what creates successful learners. And we know how to implement it.
Our students are enthusiastic about learning because we make sure we supply excellent teaching and exceptional pastoral care.
As well as focussing on academic achievement we are equally committed to the improvement of our students' character through the promotion of our five virtues of kindness, respect, honesty, resilience and self-discipline.
They have opportunities galore to develop these virtues through our personal development curriculum and our enrichment programme that offers everything from rock-climbing to formal debating. Above all, they take pride in themselves, their school, and their learning.
Arranging a visit to The St Leonards Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email g.sidders@thestleonardsacademy.org.uk.
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