Well-being Manager

King Henry School has a really exciting opportunity to appoint a Well-being Manager, a brand new role for us. The well-being of our staff and students is of paramount importance and the Well-being Manager is crucial to the delivery of a highly effective and efficient service across the whole school. Supporting the leadership team in their drive to improve well-being, you'll be responsible for maximising the progress and outcomes for students by setting high standards and high expectations in terms of appearance (uniform), behaviour and attitude. Most importantly, you'll celebrate their success and achievements.  

You'll have a real presence and visibility across the school; you'll develop close working relationships with staff and students. Our ideal candidate will be resilient, set high standards for themself and others, and be highly personable, approachable and empathetic. You will bring with you a range of experience working with secondary-aged young adults, an ability to foster excellent working relationships with a variety of stakeholders and contacts both within the academy and external agencies, and will have a positive mindset that means you will go over and above to support our students without a moment’s hesitation. If you feel you meet the criteria outlined and are the epitome of a caring and compassionate individual, you'll excel in this role. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The working basis of this role is 36 hours per week during Term Time plus 1 week inset. 

​​​​​​​Click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification.​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Note that Leigh Academies Trust is currently supporting King Henry School to recruit exceptional staff who can make an immediate positive impact on the school community and all of its students. Click here to read about the potential transition of King Henry to Leigh Academies Trust in early 2023. This is a hugely exciting time to join King Henry School and for our staff to work together under the remarkable leadership of John Dixon, Principal. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which are why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.