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Welfare Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 20 December 2024
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 10 January 2025
Location: Ilford, Essex, IG2 6TF
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 70fc71c7-d88d-4e06-8f9b-c87221c479bb

Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Gearies Primary School has just been inspected by Ofsted and is outstanding in all areas. We are a school where pupils and staff thrive. This is because we have a friendly and professional environment where the opinions, ideas and thoughts of all staff are welcomed and valued. We are very conscious of staff well-being and strive to have a happy staff that can inspire our children. The school is a culturally diverse school providing education to pupils aged 3-11.

To continue to develop our excellent offer to children we wish to appoint a Welfare Assistant to join our Welfare team and to provide administrative support. We are looking for someone who enjoys working with children, is friendly, enthusiastic and has lots of patience.

The successful candidate will be required to:

 Administer first aid

 Be flexible in order to meet the needs of school

 Be responsible for the welfare and well-being of the children in the school

 Regularly cater for the personal needs of children including personal care and toileting

 Accompany classes on educational visits

 Keep designated areas clean and tidy eg staff room

 Undertake a range of administrative jobs

What the school offers its staff

We are a well-resourced school and can offer:

 A friendly and supportive environment

 Outstanding colleagues who care about children

 Excellent development opportunities

 Well-behaved pupils

 Term-time only working

 Pension scheme

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding. This post will require an enhanced DBS check, however, disclosure of convictions, either by the applicant or as a result of the DBS check, will not necessarily exclude an individual from employment. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. We work within all relevant legislation, recommendations and guidance and carry out a number of checks before, during and following the interview stage. This will include carrying out an online search and references will be taken up prior to interview.