Welfare Assistant

Gearies Primary School, Ilford, Essex, IG2 6TF

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 18.75 hours per week, 9.00 to 12.45pm, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: £12,314.00 - £12,490.00 per annum LBR2

What skills and experience we're looking for

Gearies Primary School has just been inspected by Ofsted and is outstanding in all areas. We are a school where pupils and staff thrive. This is because we have a friendly and professional environment where the opinions, ideas and thoughts of all staff are welcomed and valued. We are very conscious of staff well-being and strive to have a happy staff that can inspire our children. The school is a culturally diverse school providing education to pupils aged 3-11.

To continue to develop our excellent offer to children we wish to appoint a Welfare Assistant to join our Welfare team and to provide administrative support. We are looking for someone who enjoys working with children, is friendly, enthusiastic and has lots of patience.

The successful candidate will be required to:

 Administer first aid

 Be flexible in order to meet the needs of school

 Be responsible for the welfare and well-being of the children in the school

 Regularly cater for the personal needs of children including personal care and toileting

 Accompany classes on educational visits

 Keep designated areas clean and tidy eg staff room

 Undertake a range of administrative jobs

What the school offers its staff

We are a well-resourced school and can offer:

 A friendly and supportive environment

 Outstanding colleagues who care about children

 Excellent development opportunities

 Well-behaved pupils

 Term-time only working

 Pension scheme

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding. This post will require an enhanced DBS check, however, disclosure of convictions, either by the applicant or as a result of the DBS check, will not necessarily exclude an individual from employment. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. We work within all relevant legislation, recommendations and guidance and carry out a number of checks before, during and following the interview stage. This will include carrying out an online search and references will be taken up prior to interview.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to admin@geariesprimaryschool.co.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Upload additional documents

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Safer Recruitment Statement.pdf - 309 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 112 KB (opens in new tab)

Covering Letter.pdf - 310 KB (opens in new tab)

Advert.pdf - 244 KB (opens in new tab)

About Gearies Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 904 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Gearies Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: admin@geariesprimaryschool.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gearies-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Gearies Primary is a culturally diverse 4 form entry maintained school based in the London Borough of Redbridge, teaching children from nursery to Year 6.

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