Welfare Manager
City Academy Whitehawk, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5FLThis job expired on 30 January 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
17 April 2023
Closing date
30 January 2023 at 9am
Date listed
5 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £43,516 and £46,549
Pay scale
- NJC Scale M9 - points 37 to 40
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you committed to ensuring the welfare of young people? Have you got the leadership skills to join our school in its mission to ensure all children are kept safe and achieve their personal best?
City Academy Whitehawk is a vibrant two form entry school, proudly serving its East Brighton community. We are a Good school with an Outstanding Early Years (Ofsted 2018). Ahead of the retirement of our highly regarded Welfare Management, we are looking for a skilled, committed professional with the resilience and passion to enhance our diverse, dedicated team. Sustaining and enhancing our inclusion provision is a cornerstone of the ‘Highest Expectations For All’ motto that drives our practice.
About the role
The successful candidate must be able to work with the skill, resilience and compassion that our busy school environment demands, ensuring the wellbeing and welfare of all students and their families across the 3-11yrs age range. Our Welfare Manager will receive a term-long handover, in order that they are able to ensure that our currently highly effective provision is sustained. You will be able to build strong relationships with all stakeholders, and finding child-centred approaches that best support the pupils in our care to make excellent progress.
Our Welfare Manager will be appointed on a full-time basis, attending weekly Professional Development Meetings, Senior Leadership Team Meetings and working closely with our Deputy Headteacher and SENDCo as part of our High Needs Triad. The successful candidate will lead a team of four inclusion mentors and our Attendance Officer.
What the school offers its staff
In return for your commitment, passion and resilience, we are proud to offer you:
- A term working alongside our exceptional Welfare Manager ahead of their retirement this summer
- A high functioning, highly skilled and supportive leadership team who are devoted to improving outcomes for all children and all staff
- Respectful, polite and engaged children who greatly value their school and learning
- A spacious, well equipped and resourced learning environment
- An established and effective bespoke curriculum and accompanying pedagogy guides
- Excellent training and professional development opportunities
- A team of happy, vibrant and energetic teachers and support staff
- A proven record of exceptional welfare and pastoral support
- A culture of collaboration and support within our Aurora Academies Trust network
- Well established working relationships with our external agency colleagues
Further details about the role
Candidates are actively encouraged to visit the school to meet our Headteacher and get a feel for the CAW culture we are so proud of. A tour can be arranged by calling the school on 01273 681377 or emailingthomasmcmorrin@auroraacademies.org
Further information about the school can be found on our website -https://www.caw.brighton-hove.sch.uk/
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.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About City Academy Whitehawk
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 398 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- City Academy Whitehawk website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- thomasmcmorrin@auroraacademies.org
- Phone number
- 01273 681377
City Academy Whitehawk is a “Good” school with an “Outstanding” Early Years. We are a two form entry school for children aged 4 to 11 years. In addition, our school has a nursery class for children aged 3 to 4 years.
Arranging a visit to City Academy Whitehawk
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email thomasmcmorrin@auroraacademies.org.
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