Welfare Assistant

Castle View Primary Academy, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3LE

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £13.45 Hourly Lancashire Foundation Living Wage

Welfare Assistant job summary

Welfare Assistant

5 hours per week

Permanent

Term Time Only, 43.89 weeks per year

We are a small community academy situated on the Ridge estate, blessed with stunning views over Lancaster and Morecambe bay. Our school is happy, caring place at the heart of the community we serve, and our children are at the centre of everything we do.

At Castle View everything we do is underpinned by our three core values: Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. It is our collective mission to embody these values daily, preparing our pupils for the next step in their journey and ensuring they grow into the respectful, responsible and resilient citizens of tomorrow.

Castle View are looking to appoint a Welfare Assistant. In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring the safety, well-being, and happiness of our pupils during the school day. From supervising lunchtimes and encouraging positive play in the playground to providing gentle guidance and assistance, you will help create a welcoming, safe environment where every child feels valued.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise pupils during lunch break in dining areas, classrooms, and playgrounds.
• Encourage inclusive play and promote positive behaviour in line with school values.
• Attend to basic first aid needs or minor incidents with care and patience.
• Work collaboratively as part of a supportive staff team.

About you:

• A compassionate, calm, and approachable manner with children.
• Excellent communication skills and a team-player attitude.
• First Aid qualification (or a willingness to undertake training).
• A strong commitment to safeguarding and child welfare.

We can offer:

• A positive working environment focused on staff well-being, student welfare, and high standards of achievement and behaviour
• Excellent CPD opportunities and Training and Development Programmes
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to health and wellbeing support for you and you family
• Employment within a Trust committed to equality of opportunity and nationally and locally negotiated pay arrangements
• Terms and conditions protected through a formal trade union recognition agreement with all the major education and support staff unions, and supported through regular JCNC meetings
• Access to employee benefits & rewards through Perkbox
• Cycle to work scheme

Visits to the Academy are encouraged and warmly welcomed by appointment through the office.

Closing date: Friday 2nd October 2026 at 12noon

Proposed Interview date: Wednesday 7th October 2026 (subject to change)

The Trust reserves the right to extend or shorten the closing date for this role.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, an online search will be carried out as part of our safer recruitment pre-employment checks on shortlisted candidates.

We are a member of Cidari Multi Academy Trust, established in November 2013, a growing educational trust and part of the Blackburn Diocese. Cidari Education is committed to providing high quality education for all children in our academies based on clearly established Christian values and principles.

Cidari Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The above post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions. Further information is available below.

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 Castle View Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 100 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Castle View Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/castle-view-primary

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