Student Welfare Officer

Student Welfare Officer

£20,903 – £27,041 (actual salary £18,220 - £23,571)

Hours per week: 36.5, Term time only

Contract Type: Permanent

Ninestiles, Hartfield Crescent, Birmingham, B27 7QG

Telephone Number: 0121 628 1311

Email Address: recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk

Job Start Date: as soon as possible

Ninestiles School is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join our team as a Student Welfare Officer. Working under the Office Manager and alongside our Administrative and Attendance Teams you will be expected to provide a support service to ensure the satety and wellbeing of our students.

Based in our Student Welfare office you will have a desire to combine an administrative role with working with young people and be calm, patient and able to work under pressure. You will need to sustain a welcoming environment where students feel able to come knowing that their needs, however small, will be met with understanding and compassion.

As a Student Welfare Officer you will need to be able and willing to take lead responsibility for first aid (for which a suitable qualification or the willingness to be trained is essential). Experience of working with external partners, maintaining positive relationships and an ability to communicate effectively with members of staff, students and parents is crucial.

Ninestiles has a very reflective teaching staff body who welcome feedback from parents and students to secure the needs of all learners. The school has a wide and varied curriculum, students have access to an impressive range of sporting and extracurricular activities with well over sixty enrichment opportunities offered after school. There is a strong

culture of safeguarding and staff work positively with the leadership team to ensure students are kept safe.

About the Trust

https://www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk/

Why work for us?

The Trust offers:

• A strong focus on staff care and wellbeing

• High quality training and support in and across academies

• A clear career pathway

• Employee assistance programme

• Employee discount schemes

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing Date: 27/01/2021, 12:00noon

It is anticipated that interviews will be held the week after.

For an application pack and further information about all our vacancies please visit the trust website: www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk/category/nat-vacancies/

Please note we do not accept CV's alone.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and we expect all applicants to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, including a Children’s barred list check.

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.