Student Services Assistant: First Aid and Well-Being
| Posting date: | 03 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 September 2025 |
| Location: | Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6SW |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 211ba9ae-4b61-4202-b9ac-30b004aed493 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a highly effective and efficient person to provide front line support for our students, including overseeing our First Aid procedures. We are seeking a candidate who has a genuine desire to support children and young people, strong interpersonal skills and a good sense of humour.
The successful applicant will find a purposeful and supportive learning environment, with a team of staff committed to raising student achievement and well-being.
The successful candidate should:
Have a high level of Literacy and Numeracy skills, equivalent to Level 3
Have a commitment to, and belief in, the equal value of all students
Have an ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
Have emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline
Have an awareness of child protection issues
Have proven experience of working in administration
Be First Aid trained (or a willingness to undertake training)
Have strong ICT skills, especially in the use of Word and Excel
Have an appropriate level of data protection, security and confidentiality awareness
Have strong communication and listening skills
Have an ability to problem solve and an awareness and ability to identify issues that children may experience and how they can be resolved
Accurate, consistent and have an attention to detail
Ability to work as part of a team
Ability to keep calm and maintain an air of authority
Efficient and organised: independent and effective in time management
Ability to use initiative
Willing to be flexible and adaptable
Desirable:
Prior relevant experience of working in a school
Experience of using SIMS (School’s Information Management System)
What the school offers its staff
• Weekly timetabled Work from Home (WFH) sessions at the start or end of the day for teachers
• Golden afternoons for non teachers
• A laptop is provided for every teacher and many non teachers
• A commitment to the DfE Education Staff Wellbeing Charter
• Regular staff wellbeing activities and social events
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free access to our sporting facilities (up to 6pm weekdays)
• Health Assured (Employee Assistance Programme) - a free confidential information, support, counselling and advice service available 24 hours a day
• School funded flu jab on site, organised through a local pharmacy
• Eye Care Vouchers for employees using a VDU
• Full School Teachers Pay and Conditions, including continuous service, for Teaching Staff
• Employer Pension Contribution: Teachers’ Pension Scheme and Local Government Pension Scheme (Non-Teaching Staff).
• Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave and Pay
• A caring ethos that enables staff to attend family commitments and caring responsibilities
Further details about the role
This is a permanent post.
The hours per week are 8.00 am to 3.30 pm with a 30-minute unpaid break, term time only.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
We are looking to appoint a highly effective and efficient person to provide front line support for our students, including overseeing our First Aid procedures. We are seeking a candidate who has a genuine desire to support children and young people, strong interpersonal skills and a good sense of humour.
The successful applicant will find a purposeful and supportive learning environment, with a team of staff committed to raising student achievement and well-being.
The successful candidate should:
Have a high level of Literacy and Numeracy skills, equivalent to Level 3
Have a commitment to, and belief in, the equal value of all students
Have an ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
Have emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline
Have an awareness of child protection issues
Have proven experience of working in administration
Be First Aid trained (or a willingness to undertake training)
Have strong ICT skills, especially in the use of Word and Excel
Have an appropriate level of data protection, security and confidentiality awareness
Have strong communication and listening skills
Have an ability to problem solve and an awareness and ability to identify issues that children may experience and how they can be resolved
Accurate, consistent and have an attention to detail
Ability to work as part of a team
Ability to keep calm and maintain an air of authority
Efficient and organised: independent and effective in time management
Ability to use initiative
Willing to be flexible and adaptable
Desirable:
Prior relevant experience of working in a school
Experience of using SIMS (School’s Information Management System)
What the school offers its staff
• Weekly timetabled Work from Home (WFH) sessions at the start or end of the day for teachers
• Golden afternoons for non teachers
• A laptop is provided for every teacher and many non teachers
• A commitment to the DfE Education Staff Wellbeing Charter
• Regular staff wellbeing activities and social events
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free access to our sporting facilities (up to 6pm weekdays)
• Health Assured (Employee Assistance Programme) - a free confidential information, support, counselling and advice service available 24 hours a day
• School funded flu jab on site, organised through a local pharmacy
• Eye Care Vouchers for employees using a VDU
• Full School Teachers Pay and Conditions, including continuous service, for Teaching Staff
• Employer Pension Contribution: Teachers’ Pension Scheme and Local Government Pension Scheme (Non-Teaching Staff).
• Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave and Pay
• A caring ethos that enables staff to attend family commitments and caring responsibilities
Further details about the role
This is a permanent post.
The hours per week are 8.00 am to 3.30 pm with a 30-minute unpaid break, term time only.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.