Resident Assistant Houseparent, Boarding
| Posting date: | 24 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 June 2025 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV3 0EG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | e5b6adcf-287e-4007-bfef-1a1556d5683c |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Royal School is looking for a dynamic, innovative and empathetic assistant houseparent to join our boarding team and add to our award-winning boarding experience. The role of an assistant houseparent, while challenging, is often the most fulfilling and rewarding role in any school and here at the Royal this is no different. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to and build on our boarding experience that has helped students achieve academic and extra-curricular success (including a gold medal and an MBE).
What the school offers its staff
Boarders at the Royal are a key part of the school’s character, ethos and history. The school has two boarding houses, Dartmouth and Lichfield, serving boys and girls from year 7 to year 13. We have capacity for 82 boarders at present, but following expansion as part of our £46 million rebuild and refurbishment programme, this will increase to 100 students across the two houses.
Our boarders join us from across the globe and from all walks of life. We house Elite Swimmers, International Students (with British citizenship or leave to remain), and UK residents alongside a small number of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASCs) in keeping with our origins and foundation as an orphanage.
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.
The Royal School is looking for a dynamic, innovative and empathetic assistant houseparent to join our boarding team and add to our award-winning boarding experience. The role of an assistant houseparent, while challenging, is often the most fulfilling and rewarding role in any school and here at the Royal this is no different. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to and build on our boarding experience that has helped students achieve academic and extra-curricular success (including a gold medal and an MBE).
What the school offers its staff
Boarders at the Royal are a key part of the school’s character, ethos and history. The school has two boarding houses, Dartmouth and Lichfield, serving boys and girls from year 7 to year 13. We have capacity for 82 boarders at present, but following expansion as part of our £46 million rebuild and refurbishment programme, this will increase to 100 students across the two houses.
Our boarders join us from across the globe and from all walks of life. We house Elite Swimmers, International Students (with British citizenship or leave to remain), and UK residents alongside a small number of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASCs) in keeping with our origins and foundation as an orphanage.
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.