Welfare Assistant

Hawes Side Academy, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 3LN

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 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: £6,007.57 Annually (Actual) Grade 3 SCP 3

Welfare Assistant job summary

Hawes Side Primary Academy is looking for a caring, enthusiastic and reliable Welfare Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team.

The successful candidate will help support the health, safety and wellbeing of our pupils throughout the school day. This is an important role requiring someone who is approachable, patient and confident when caring for children.

Main Duties

• Supporting pupils with their health and welfare needs.
• Providing basic first aid and caring for children who become unwell.
• Recording accidents, illnesses and welfare concerns accurately.
• Communicating with parents/carers and members of staff when required.
• Supporting pupils’ emotional wellbeing and promoting a safe and positive environment.
• Following the Academy’s safeguarding, confidentiality and health and safety procedures.

We are looking for someone who is caring, calm and organised, with excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with children. You should be able to work well as part of a team and handle sensitive situations professionally and confidentially.

Previous experience working with children in a school, childcare, welfare or similar environment would be desirable.

This position is working 10 hours per week.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please complete our online application form in full, along with a personal statement to support your application, outlining the relevant experience you can bring to Endeavour Learning Trust.

Applications should be submitted by 9am on Monday 12th October 2026.

Interviews are to be confirmed.

Candidates should ensure that they and their referees are easily contactable, with the correct phone number and email address and able to reply promptly if references are requested.

SAFEGUARDING

Endeavour Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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

At Hawes Side Academy we are committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
We will seek to recruit candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and will apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that we select the right people to work with us.

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 Hawes Side Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 340 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hawes Side Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hawes-side-academy

On behalf of all the children, staff and Trustees, I would like to warmly welcome you to the Hawes Side Academy.

Hawes Side Academy is a three-form entry primary academy situated in the south shore area of Blackpool. ‘Hawes Side Primary School’ was originally opened on the 12th January 1937 converting to an academy in September 2012. In 2015 we were lucky enough to benefit from the Priority Building Schools Programme and our current building was opened in November 2016.

We are proud that we have served our local area through the generations. Over the last 80 years Hawes Side has become an integral part of the local community and has earned a reputation for providing an excellent and well-rounded education for all children.

As an academy, we value our partnerships with other schools and academies and are passionate about raising standards in order to give our pupils the best possible start to their education and life beyond school.

We also value our partnership between home and school and are continually developing ways to enable and enhance this. We regard communication with our parents as a key priority; engaging them in every aspect of their child’s education.

At Hawes Side Academy we want the very best for all our pupils. We aim to ensure this through the careful planning of an innovative, relevant and connected curriculum with a global dimension that meets the needs of all the children. Pupil voice and close links with parents, families and the wider community help us to provide stimulating and creative learning experiences that put the children at the very heart of the learning process.

As a forward-thinking academy, we embrace new challenges and partnerships to provide the best of opportunities for our children.

Our strong partnerships, and our commitment to the professional development of staff, ensure teaching, learning and assessment are of the highest quality. Through all of the above we endeavour to live out our motto: ‘Community, Learning and Creativity in Harmony’

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