Student Welfare Assistant

Due to the amazing news that we will be welcoming a Year 7 Cohort from September 21, we have identified a further position to join our incredible Pastoral and Welfare Team as a Welfare Assistant.

You should be a caring and approachable individual, resilient enough to challenge and support our young STEM enthusiasts consistently with their journey with us.

Confident with IT and communication across a breadth of stakeholders both internal and external, the Student Welfare Assistant shall be a pivotal role in the UTC. Some of the main responsibilities are as follows;

• Work with the Student Welfare Manager and Director of Support to ensure the highest standards of Safeguarding are maintained at all times

• Provide support to the Student Welfare Manager for any welfare or pastoral support of students as required, responding immediately to emerging staff or student concerns

• To consult, advise and support the Student Welfare Manager, the Senior Staff and other School staff on current School attendance, absences and punctuality Collate and distribute pastoral / wellbeing data on a regular and timely basis

• Contribute to the On-Call process and all other Conduct systems where required

• Support the Student Welfare Manager in monitoring uniform and equipment standards.

• On a day to day basis to be knowledgeable about the educational guidelines on child protection. To support if necessary the nominated DSL’s in processing all Education Child Protection referrals to Social Services

• Liaise with external agencies and make appointments for students internally and externally where appropriate.

• Make referrals following the approved and appropriate protocols where and when required

• Ensure that information systems used to hold student welfare concerns is kept up to date

• Under the guidance of the Student Welfare Manager and faculty Leads, ensure students directed to remote or off site learning are able to access the appropriate quality and quantity of work.