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Student Welfare Officer

Student Welfare Officer

Friesland School

Derbyshire

  • £21,944 - £23,753 per year
  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Salary:
Grade 5
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
3 December 2021

Job overview

STUDENT WELFARE OFFICER 

Salary: Grade 5, £21,944 to £23,753 per annum pro rota (FTE £24,982 to £27,041)

Hours: 37 hours, 40 weeks per year

Contract term: Permanent 

Start date: As soon as possible

The school

Friesland School is a good school that is on the path to becoming outstanding. Every child really matters at our school and each year we celebrate excellent results and last year was no exception with some outstanding achievements. We recognise that these outcomes are only possible through the commitment, dedication and skills of our highly valued staff.

The person

We are looking for someone who has a passion for supporting young people achieve their highest potential and excellent knowledge of safeguarding arrangements. The ideal candidate will have a wealth of experience of successfully working with students and families to overcome barriers which, in turn, will enable us to ensure that our students reach their potential whilst they are in our school.

Why join us?

Our academy is part of The Two Counties Trust. The Trust has a forward thinking HR strategy with all the professional benefits that this brings for our staff. We make a significant investment in all of our employees to ensure we can recruit and retain the most talented people.

We offer: 

• Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities. Our salaries for leadership and teachers on the Upper Pay Scale and in receipt of a TLR are above national pay scales and our minimum hourly rate for support staff is £9.25. 

• Free car parking. 

• An increasing array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts. 

• The ability to request flexible working. 

• Entry to a career average pension scheme. 

• A full induction and a strong commitment to your professional development. 

• Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust. 

• A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals. 

• Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and to progress your career.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.

The Two Counties Trust takes the wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter

We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

Closing date: Midday 03 December 2021

Interview date: 08 December 2021

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About Friesland School

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Welcome to Friesland School, a member of The Two Counties Trust

There are many reasons to choose our school, and the Trust, as a great place to start or develop your career. We recognise the importance of happy, rewarded, and motivated employees and as such we have developed our HR and Professional Learning strategies to invest in people.

We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within the school, externally, and across the Trust, offering extensive professional learning for all employees.

We have removed appraisal and appraisal related progression, recognising the limitations and changed the focus from proving to improving through professional growth which is focused on individual ambitions, enabling everyone to get a little bit better all the time.

We are committed to your welfare as an employee and alongside our own wellbeing and workload management arrangements we have signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. If you need additional support on a range of matters, an Employee Assistance Programme is available to you from day one of employment.

We offer highly competitive pay, including some points above national rate, an array of employee benefits including extensive high street retail discounts, gym membership and discounted healthcare.

There are an array of centralised systems which are designed to save you time and avoid duplication of effort, these are based on the work of experts across the Trust, meaning that your time can be focused where you need it to be.

We hope you will join us in a great environment where you can work with a team of dedicated and like-minded professionals.

Welcome from the Headteacher

Friesland School is a values-centred organisation, we strive to live up to our values of Ambition, Teamwork, Honesty and Respect in everything that we do. Our school is a vibrant and energetic educational environment, where we prioritise the academic, personal and cultural education of all our students.

We are a large school of over 1,300 students, including 200 in our growing and successful 6th form, with a curriculum that mixes a substantial academic core with a long standing and genuine commitment to the Arts, Physical Education and Technology.

Friesland has a strong track record of high-quality teaching; with experienced, committed teachers delivering challenging and innovative lessons.  Our teachers are expert subject specialists and work in partnership with colleagues at Friesland and across The Two Counties Trust to provide our students with a knowledge rich curriculum and an inspirational educational experience.

Employees at Friesland are well trained and seek continual improvement through our bespoke professional learning programme. We are genuinely reflective practitioners, with the continual growth and wellbeing of our people being a key consideration in all decision making and improvement planning.

At Friesland we have high expectations of ourselves and those around us, as we strive to do the best for our students and our community. Our ambition is always to employ the highest quality people who identify with our ethos and outlook. The best way to experience our school is to visit, so if you would like to see more of our school please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Craig Patterson

The Two Counties Trust

With secondary schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, we are an ambitious Trust with a strong reputation. We have nine secondary schools, over 11,000 students and 1,500 employees.

We exist to provide our students with opportunities and experiences to enhance their life choices, making a positive contribution to the world we share. Collectively we serve our communities by educating and preparing our students for the next steps in their lives.

Leaders across the Trust are fully committed to striving for excellence in all that we do. We understand that families trust us each day with their most prized possession i.e their child, and we all are here to serve the students in our care.

Our values are:

Ambition:   We maximise our potential through striving for excellence.

Teamwork: We give 100% effort, displaying kindness and humility for the benefit of all.

Honesty:    We are respectfully open about our successes and areas for growth.

To find out more about us, please go to The Two Counties Trust website.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Trust in the near future.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please note that it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure with a children's barred list check, receipt of references and successful completion of vetting procedures.

In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates to identify incidents or issues that may have happened, and which are publicly available online, which we may need to explore with shortlisted candidates.

A copy of the school's child protection policy can be found here: www.friesland.ttct.co.uk/our-school/policies.

The Trust's policy on the employment of ex-offenders can be located at: www.ttct.co.uk/our-trust/policies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and as such we are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

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