Accompanying Adult
St Edward's School
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £7.76 per hour
- Job type:
- Part Time, Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 23 August 2017
Job overview
Job share possible
St Edward’s Oxford is an independent, co-educational boarding school for pupils aged 13 to 18. An opportunity exists for a responsible adult, with excellent interpersonal skills, who enjoys working with children and who can work flexible hours.
As an Accompanying Adult, you will work as part of a small team accompanying pupils to routine and emergency medical appointments, subsequently providing feedback in writing to the School Health Centre on the treatment the pupil received and on any necessary follow-up appointments.
Taxis will be provided by the School to transport the pupil and the post holder to and from appointments.
You will be required to be available for work between 1pm and 7.30 pm Monday to Friday during term-time weeks throughout the year and to attend work for during these times, when the need arises. Cover is also needed on Saturdays during Autumn and Spring terms, between 12.30 pm and 6 pm.
Applicants looking for flexible working arrangements are encouraged to apply as the School is willing to consider a job share arrangement. Please specify on your application form the days on which you are able to work.
For further details and an application form please click the apply button.
Closing date: midday on Thursday 24th August 2017.
St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be required to apply for a DBS disclosure.
Registered Charity No: 309681
Attached documents
About St Edward's School
About St Edward’s
Affectionately known as Teddies, St Edward's School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in Oxford. We have over 800 pupils, almost half of whom are girls, most are boarders (86%), around 20% are London based and 16% fly in from abroad. We have a strong emphasis on academic rigour and also offer an extensive range of sports, arts, clubs and activities.
Renowned for its friendliness, Teddies is an exhilarating community to be part of where we see excellence in academic results and extracurricular achievements and where we work hard to promote staff wellbeing. Staff at St Edward’s also benefit from our rich cultural programme, free gym membership, many invitations to social events, the extensive 100 acres of tranquil grounds, professional arts facilities and the advantage of being only 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to Oxford city centre.
Warden
Alastair Chirnside
Values and vision
St Edward’s aims to lead the sector in co-educational boarding, in educational innovation, in breadth of opportunity and in the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Our community values are integrity, courage and kindness.
ISI report
"The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent, reflecting the school’s highly effective emphasis on the welfare and well-being of each individual pupil. The excellent standard of pastoral care is a strength of the school, and the sympathetic and supportive example set by the staff is mirrored in the way pupils behave towards one another."
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