Welfare Manager

Welfare Manager
Academy 360
Sunderland
SR4 9BA

£23,633 Full Time Equivalent, £20,724 Actual
Permanent
37 hours per week, Term Time Only

The Trustees are seeking to appoint a Welfare Manager for Academy 360 with effect from 1st January 2020.

The Trustees invite applications from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to apply for this exciting opportunity to join the Academy Welfare Team. The Welfare Manager will work with the Head of School and the Academy’s Welfare Team in all phases of the school to drive a culture of high expectations.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and monitoring the personal support offered to all students, to remove social and emotional barriers to learning and to ensure their personal, social and emotional development in order to maximise standards of achievement and attainment in all aspects of school life. This will include support for students of all abilities including those with Special Educational Needs as well as those who are gifted and talented.

Academy 360 is a rapidly improving secondary school in Sunderland at the heart of its local community. The Academy has recently joined Laidlaw School Trust (LST), The Laidlaw Schools Trust is a growing family of six schools helping transform thousands of young lives in North East England. LST invests significantly in the training and development of all staff and is able to offer all staff a wide range of opportunities and benefits.

The successful candidate will join a successful MAT where all Academies support each other to the benefit of our pupils and their families. Our Academies also enjoy strong support from an experienced LST central team, based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw

Schools Trust website www.laidlawschoolstrust.com/careers/. Interested candidates are welcome to tour the school, please contact the Academy office on 0191 300 6506 to arrange a visit. If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Michaela Kelly, 0191 300 6506.

Closing Date: 12 noon on Monday 9th December 2019
Candidates who have not been contacted by Wednesday 11th December 2019 may assume they have been unsuccessful.
Interviews will take place: Friday 13th December 2019
Applications should be returned to: Michaela.Kelly@academy360.co.uk

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and a range of other recruitment checks. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding.