Welfare Assistant
West Lea School
Enfield
- Expired
- Salary:
- SC3 Point 5 (Pro Rata)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 8 June 2022
Job overview
Thank you for your interest in working at West Lea School. We are seeking an experienced and well organised Welfare Assistant to join the staff at West Lea School. Our school caters for 400 pupils with special educational needs, 200 employees. We believe in a world where everyone can flourish, and this is a key role where you will be challenged to support the medical needs and welfare of the students to really make a difference. This is an exciting role where you will aid in promoting pupil independence, self-esteem and social inclusion. The post holder will have support from the Senior Welfare Assistant and the Welfare & Medical Coordinator where needed.
We are looking for an exceptional candidate who
• Is committed and passionate about working with pupils with a wide and diverse range of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and embraces our vision, mission, values and goals.
• Treats pupils with dignity, respecting individual rights, differences and cultural diversity.
• Safeguards pupil wellbeing and observes proper boundaries.
• Maintains high standards in attendance and punctuality and acts as a role model for behaviours.
• Understands and acts within all applicable school policies and statutory frameworks.
• Develops effective professional relationships with colleagues.
• Communicates and collaborates well with parents.
• Handles information sensitively and in line with GDPR protocols.
• Fulfils wider professional responsibilities and makes a positive contribution to school life and ethos.
• Is approachable for other colleagues and pupils to ask for help.
We will offer you
• The opportunity to work in a successful, continuously improving, innovative and supportive school.
• Ongoing challenge and personal development.
To apply, please complete the application form which can be found at: www.westleaschool.co.uk and follow ‘job vacancies’. To find out even more about us, please visit our website (above link), or check us out on social media. Or better still, come in and see us! We’d love to show you around our school and share with you our ethos.
For more information, or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact – humanresources@westleaschool.co.uk
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About West Lea School
Welcome to West Lea School, an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they come from. Catering for students aged 4-19 with special educational needs, our four campuses – Meridian, Haselbury, Learning for Life and Horizon – equip children with a ‘suitcase’ of skills to help them progress on to further education and into the world of work. While the world provides many obstacles, we believe in tearing down walls and encourage each individual to reach beyond their realities, take risks and above all, believe in themselves.
As a part of a strong community, we are a group of people who work together to help each other, both socially and professionally. What makes a community strong is its agreement towards a common goal. ‘Learning without barriers’ is at the heart of everything we do, and our values are directly linked to all the work and support that goes on throughout the school community. We are a place of opportunity for growth and experience.
Promoting innovation, independence, kindness and inclusion, we want our students to leave West Lea in a position where they feel confident, not only in their academic abilities, but in themselves too. Working together, there is never a shortage of opportunities for our children to strive for greatness.
As part of this, West Lea is proud to be a member of The Enterprise Cooperative Trust (ECT) – a partnership of likeminded schools, charities, community groups and businesses, providing a holistic education which goes beyond academic achievement. Enterprise Cooperative Trust has a collective vision to improve education and life opportunities for all children and young people in Enfield. It challenges the ‘status quo’ by drawing on the expertise of the local community and neighbouring organisations to help our children flourish in the working world, both now and into the future.
With caring teachers and support staff, we offer a safe, secure learning environment and meet the daily pastoral and academic needs of all our pupils.
At West Lea School, we see ourselves as one big family. We help mainstream schools in the area by offering interim respite to those who need it and a school place for the few who cannot cope within a mainstream setting.
West Lea School is all about innovation, and as such, we are constantly evolving! The only true way to see what we can offer is by coming to see us and discovering why we believe you should make ‘our’ school, ‘your’ school. We have an open-door policy and would love to meet you.
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