Student Wellbeing Officer
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an empathetic and diligent Student Wellbeing Officer, who will work with the Pastoral Team, identifying barriers to learning and engagement of vulnerable children, leading and supporting individual plans to ensure improvement, in particular to diminish the difference in attendance between the Disadvantaged cohort and other students.
The Student Wellbeing Officer will support an identified cohort of disadvantaged students to enable an improvement in attendance and engagement in learning. The relationship between home and school is seen as crucially important in helping students to reach their full potential and therefore the role may involve home visits or meetings with parents/carers and outside agencies, in some cases leading to the preparation of case notes for legal proceedings.
The school encourages staff to participate in any relevant training, expecting them to be committed to continuous improvement and learning and to take responsibility for their professional development.
The successful candidate will have:
- The ability to challenge and motivate students, promoting and reinforcing their self-esteem
- The ability to maintain a calm and focused environment
- The ability to intervene and evaluate the progress of students who disrupt learning
- Knowledge of school/education provision
- Recent experience in a school or other organisation working with young people
- A commitment to Continuing Professional Development
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
- Excellent Continued Professional Development opportunities
- A dedicated staff team supported by a committed and experienced Senior Leadership Team
- A positive environment where students are able to learn and achieve
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.