Trust Wellbeing Officer

Christopher Nieper Education Trust, Alfreton, DE55 7LE

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 September 2026

• Closing date

  6 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,719.00 - £31,691.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary: £17,272 - £18,418 (Pay Award Pending)

Trust Wellbeing Officer job summary

This is a new post within the Trust to enhance our wellbeing provision and support across our schools. We would welcome applicants from a variety of backgrounds including education, health and social care. Full training and supervision will be provided.

Job Purpose

To lead and coordinate the provision of wellbeing support for pupils, promoting positive mental health, emotional resilience, and safeguarding across the school. To support the work of the Trust Safeguarding and Family Support Manager, ensuring that there is strategic oversight of pupil wellbeing across the Trust. The role will ensure that pupils receive timely and appropriate support by working closely with staff, families, and external agencies, contributing to a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment where all students can thrive.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Manage the Positive Support/ Play referral process across the Trust to ensure that the provision caters for the pupils requiring this.

To support the Positive Support/Play staff in schools with case management and provide supervision.

To ensure the quality assurance of wellbeing interventions taking place in our schools.

When required offer Positive Support/Play capacity due to absences or staffing restrictions, or offer additional capacity when required across the Trust.

Provide ongoing wellbeing information for pupils, parent/carers (half termly newsletters).

Work alongside attendance teams to provide ongoing support to children identified as EBSA (Emotionally Based School Avoidance).

Support schools with their wellbeing offer by offering advice, supporting Mental Health Awareness week.

Support each schools Mental Health Lead on annual action plans.

Create a Trust Pupil wellbeing strategy.

Support the continued growth in external agency networks to ensure pupils are receiving the correct level of support.

Provide ongoing check ins with staff that have made referrals to Positive, provide check ins with parents of pupils on waiting lists, check ins with pupils on waiting lists.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Christopher Nieper Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-david-nieper-education-trust

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