Welfare & Family Support Officer

Sir Christopher Hatton Academy, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4RP

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  9 March 2026

• Closing date

  9 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 January 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: 24,690.00 - 26,782.00

Welfare & Family Support Officer job summary

Welfare & Wellbeing Support Officer

 

Sir Christopher Hatton Academy, The Pyghtle, Wellingborough 

37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time + 5 days)

NJC Scale Point 12 to 17 (£28,598 to £31,022 FTE)

Actual Salary £24,690 to £26,782 per annum

 

At Sir Christopher Hatton Academy, we provide an education with character, encompassing our core values of Excellence, Aspiration, Achievement, Inspiration and Community to ensure that all our students are flourishing and prepared for the tests of life, not just a life of tests. To enable this, we need great staff on our team.

 

We are looking to appoint a Welfare & Wellbeing Support Officer to provide practical day to day support to the Assistant Principals; the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead; and the Mental Health Lead, to promote student well-being across the Academy.

 

If you 

·      have the minimum of Level 2 qualifications in English and Maths

·      have experience and understanding of children within their family context

·      have good ICT skills

·      have good communication and interpersonal skills in order to work well with staff, parents and pupils

then we would love to hear from you.

 

We offer you

·      very supportive colleagues

·      a challenging and varied role

·      a whole school commitment to doing the best for our pupils

·      continuous Local Government Service if applicable (subject to verification)

 

Please apply for this post via our website: Hatton Academies Trust | SAMpeople Recruit

 

Closing date for receipt of applications: 9.00am Monday 2nd February 2026

Interviews to be held: week commencing: 23rd February 2026

 

We value honesty and integrity and our recruitment processes help us understand what you uniquely contribute. Submissions that rely too heavily on AI risk obscuring the very qualities we are looking to discover. If you use AI, let it support your thinking, not replace it.

 

 

Education without limits; Integrity at all times

Hatton Academies Trust are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful 

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 Sir Christopher Hatton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1481 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sir Christopher Hatton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sir-christopher-hatton-academy

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