Wellbeing Coach
Riverside Primary School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 8ET6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
29 September 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
23 September 2025
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
- £19,634.00 - £24,222.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Grade C1 Point 6-19
Wellbeing Coach job summary
Wellbeing Coach
Salary: NJC Grade C1 Point 6-19 £19,634 - £24,222 per annum
Hours: 32.5 hours, 39 Weeks (Term Time plus 1 Week)
Location: Riverside Primary School, St Edmund’s Way, Rainham, Kent, ME8 8ET
Required: October 2025
We are seeking to appoint a full time (32.5 hours / 5 days per week), Wellbeing Coach to support the specific needs of children with high levels of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, assisting and supporting all staff in providing high standards of pastoral care across the curriculum.
Key Responsibilities:
The role of the Wellbeing Coach involves building strong, supportive relationships with pupils who have additional behavioural, emotional or mental health needs and may exhibit complex barriers to learning. As a result of your strength of practice you will support other staff in their development in these areas. You will take a resilient and instinctive approach in meeting our pupils’ needs, demonstrating the ability to use behaviour management strategies effectively. The role also includes being the Play Coordinator, to support and facilitate meaningful and productive child-initiated play during playtimes to ensure children have rich and varied play opportunities.
Requirements:
Level 2 qualifications or equivalent
Experience of working with children and young people in an educational or therapeutic context would be advantageous.
Able to Work with children and young people in 1:1 and group situations, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities.
Ability to work independently or as part of a team
Possess a desire to help all children achieve their best
Have a caring nature and a deep regard for children
Enthusiastic, energetic and adaptable
Excellent communication skills
Riverside Primary School:
We are a popular, mainstream community school, which is part of Rainham Mark Education Trust. The school had a good Ofsted Inspection in November 2019, and was recognised as being Outstanding in the areas of Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development. The key values held by our school community add to the success and inclusive nature of the school. These values are Curiosity, Happiness, Aspiration, Respect, Articulacy, Community, Teamwork, Equality and Resilience - ‘Character’.
The school has two integrated special provisions for a small number of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder or Visual Impairment, who are taught in the mainstream classes with appropriate support.
Benefits of Working for Rainham Mark Education Trust:
Free Private Healthcare Cover - Benenden Healthcare (on contracts over 15 hours per week)
Free Health Checks
Free Flu Jabs
Cycle to Work Scheme
High quality CPD opportunities
Discounted gym membership at Avenue Tennis, Gillingham
Access to Mental Health First Aiders
Onsite free parking
A Trust committed to achieving a healthy work/life balance
If you would like to be considered for the post, please apply via My New Term.
Closing date: 29th September 2025 - please note interviews will take place on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interview date: TBC
This vacancy will close on or before the specified closing date depending on the volume of suitable applicants. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short listed on this occasion. We wish to stress that no discourtesy is intended in following such a procedure, and you should not let this deter you from future applications.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Riverside Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 449 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Riverside Primary School website
School location
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