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Welfare Support Staff

Elms Bank, Bury, Lancashire, M45 8PJ

This job expired on 9 January 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 January 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 December 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 8.75 hours per week, term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: Grade 3, SCP 2, actual salary £3,678

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Trust are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Welfare Support Staff who can join a team of skilled professionals working with a range of complex needs including profound and multiple learning difficulties and autism.

This rewarding work includes supervising pupils at lunchtime to ensure their safety, welfare and good conduct, assisting with feeding when necessary and attending to pupils’ personal care requirements.

As part of the role, you will have access to the School’s CPD programme.

Several of our Welfare Support Staff have gone on to develop their career and are now working as Teaching Assistants in the classroom. This is an ideal opportunity for any interested parties wishing to start a career in special education.

What the school offers its staff

Elms Bank is a school with a real sense of community! We are delighted to be part of a family of schools within the Oak Learning Partnership. Oak Learning Partnership is passionate about inclusion and improving the life chances of all children within the Trust. As a school in the Trust, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming school with a strong emphasis on pastoral care, alongside a rigorous academic education tailored to the needs of the individual.

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.

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Welfare Support Staff - Vacancy Pack.pdf - 2.84 MB (opens in new tab)

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About Elms Bank

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 344 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Elms Bank website
• Email address: recruitment@oaklp.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/elms-bank

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