Senior Welfare Manager
Q3 Academy Tipton
Sandwell
- £22,772 - £27,188 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- The role is 37 hours per week, term time. Inclusive of 5 INSET days and 5 additional days.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 7 May 2021
Job overview
Q3 Academy Tipton is an ambitious and rapidly improving Academy, fully committed to raising achievement for students, developing and retaining high quality staff and curriculum innovation. Our Academy's success is underpinned by a relentless focus on raising standards, developing the whole child and improving the quality of provision in every area.
We are looking for a Senior Welfare Manager who is able to support the Safeguarding & Welfare Department. The post is vital in providing operational, welfare, guidance and support within the Academy. You will have knowledge and understanding of safeguarding in relation to the education sector and have experience of successfully working with staff, families and external agencies. It is essential that you have excellent communication skills with the ability to work with tact and discretion when dealing with welfare issues. You will be confident, have exceptional organisational skills and be a strong and effective team player, as well as being able to lead staff in relation to safeguarding.
Some of the duties and responsibilities are:
- To work in close relation with the Designated Safeguarding Lead with responsibility for safeguarding and child protection, including delivering training.
- To lead and manage the Welfare Team (safeguarding and counselling).
- Ensure that there is joined-up support of children considering all factors that might affect their wellbeing and learning (safeguarding, attendance, illness, etc.)
- Oversight of high profile safeguarding cases and child protection.
- Provide support and advice to other staff on child welfare and child protection matters.
- Participate in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings.
For a full list of duties please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
How to apply: To apply for this vacancy please complete the attached application form and return it to Eleanor Forté, HR Admin Assistant – e.forte@q3tipton.org.uk.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
All post holders are subject to a Satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) and satisfactory employment references, as well as identification and qualification, prohibition and barred list checks which will be required before commencing duties.
Please note: Only completed application forms will be considered for this vacancy.
Attached documents
About Q3 Academy Tipton
A Welcome Message from our Headteacher
Q3 Academy Tipton is a large, diverse, and exciting secondary school in the Black Country. We are growing in size, ambition and influence; all aspects of the school are rapidly improving. Our December 2022 Ofsted Inspection very rightly celebrated our warm, caring and inclusive community, recognised the incredible improvement journey we have been on as well as identifying appropriate next steps.
“Leaders have high expectations for pupils at Q3 Academy Tipton. They want all pupils to ‘live life to the full in pursuit of what is good, right, and true’. Pupils understand these expectations and appreciate the positive environment. Teachers treat pupils as individuals, and pupils welcome this. Pupils feel confident to ‘be themselves’ in this inclusive community. Pupils say that behaviour has ‘significantly improved’, and they feel safe in school.” Ofsted, 2022.
Our staff are highly committed and we invest in professional learning and development whilst striving to make the workplace as family friendly as we can, always seeking ways to reduce workload and enhance work-home balance. Our leadership is highly ethical, trusting and we value a diverse workforce. We are building an innovative and transformative curriculum that engages and interests children whilst equipping them with the knowledge and skills for academic and personal success. Our academy is on a journey of rapid improvement and if you join us you will be investing in something of genuine value that will transform the futures of our young people. Come and meet us.
Keziah Featherstone - Executive Headteacher
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