Welfare Assistant

Lytham St Annes High School, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4GW

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as employment checks are completed

• Closing date

  14 October 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  24 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £13.45 per hour

Welfare Assistant job summary

Welfare Assistant

17.5 hours per week | Term time plus 5 INSET days | Foundation Living Wage currently £13.45 per hour

Are you approachable, calm and confident working with young people? Do you enjoy being part of a team and helping to create a safe, positive and well-organised environment for students?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for a reliable and committed Welfare Assistant to support the safety, welfare and good conduct of our students during busy break and lunchtime periods.

Working alongside duty staff, the Catering Team and other school colleagues, you will help supervise students and promote positive behaviour while contributing to a safe, welcoming and enjoyable environment.

A day in your role could see you:

Supervising students during break and lunchtime, both inside school and in outside student areas.

Helping to manage student queues and encouraging students to behave appropriately.

Building positive and respectful relationships with students.

Promoting and reinforcing the school's expectations around behaviour, health and safety and student welfare.

Helping students to sit appropriately, clear away after themselves and maintain acceptable standards of behaviour.

Helping to maintain a safe and pleasant environment by responding to spillages and picking up litter when necessary.

What we're looking for

You'll be approachable and confident in establishing positive and respectful relationships with secondary school-age students. You'll be able to reinforce appropriate standards of behaviour consistently and support the safety, welfare and good conduct of students during busy break and lunchtime periods.

You'll be a positive team player who can work effectively with colleagues, while also being able to use your own initiative and respond calmly and appropriately to everyday situations involving students.

Previous experience of working with or supervising children or young people would be helpful, as would and an awareness of safeguarding responsibilities, but these are not essential as training will be given.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who takes pride in helping to create a safe, clean and positive environment and who understands the importance of providing appropriate supervision and support for young people during the school day.

If you're positive, dependable and enjoy working with young people, we'd love to hear from you.

Closing date: Wednesday 14th October

Interviews: Friday 6th November

Our commitment to a safe and respectful environment

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to a diverse and inclusive community. We do not tolerate discrimination and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We provide equal access, services, and care regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity/expression/trans status, race, religion/belief, or sexual orientation.

We are committed to fostering a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for everyone. This includes a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment of any kind. We believe that all individuals deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and we are dedicated to creating a workplace and online community free from harassment, intimidation, and discrimination. We encourage open communication, provide clear reporting mechanisms for misconduct, and conduct thorough investigations. We expect everyone interacting with us to uphold these standards.

All staff will be carefully selected using recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasise the college’s commitment to safeguarding. All posts, including volunteers, are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. All shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of any criminal record or information that will make them unsuitable to work with children. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn should any information come to light that has not been included in the self-declaration. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from regulated activity relevant to children; anyone caught doing so will be reported to the police immediately. Please note that we reserve the right to review your online presence in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.

Think of your application as a chance to show off and shout about your experience! Below is a list of all the skills we're looking for, so don't be shy, make sure you highlight how you've used them. You'll find a breakdown of what's important for this role in the job description, so give it a good look and make sure your application shines!

Please do not upload your CV; we cannot consider these. Instead make sure that everything we need to know is included in your application.

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 Lytham St Annes High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1588 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lytham St Annes High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lytham-st-annes-high-school-lytham-st-annes

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