Student Welfare Officer and DDSL

Ash Hill Academy are looking to appoint a Student Welfare Officer and DDSL to join our academy in January 2025 on a full time, permanent basis. 

Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.

Your new role  

As a Student Welfare Officer, you will assist in tackling underachievement by working in partnership with families, parents/carers, students and external agencies in a school context to enable students, particularly the most disadvantaged to have full access to educational opportunities and overcome barriers to learning and participation. You will work directly with families in a non judgemental way empowering them and their family to get the most out of the educational opportunities available. 

You will also support the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) in the academy in your role as Deputy DSL. 

Hours: 37 hours per week / Term Time only plus 5 Days (39 Weeks) / Permanent  

Please see the job description on our website for the essential criteria. 

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.  

Your new school

Ash Hill Academy is an exciting place to learn and as soon as you enter the building you can feel a buzz of enthusiasm. Behaviour in our academy is very good with a relentless focus upon learning and aspiration. The academy prides itself on providing its students with a first class education. We know our students well and do our utmost to ensure they all fulfil their full potential and get the outcomes they truly deserve.

Since joining Delta Academies Trust, the school has moved on a strong upward trajectory. Huge improvements in the quality of education have seen academic outcomes improve significantly with levels of student, staff and parent satisfaction that has never been better.  

There has been a huge investment across the site. We have a new multi purpose building with outstanding facilities and a new state of the art Sports Centre which opened in March 2024. 

Why join us? 

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.  

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.  

We offer an extensive range of opportunities, incentives and benefits with this post including: 

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…

Financial Wellbeing:

·       Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme

·       Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*

·       Access to an extensive discounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

·       24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household

·       Gym & fitness discount’s

·       Cycle to Work scheme*

·       Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

·       Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme

·       Menopause Support Service

·       Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings

*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained

·       Holiday Entitlement: minimum 37 days (subject to pro rata if working part time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.

For more information and to apply for this position please visit our website at https://www.deltatrust.org.uk/careers-with-delta/

Visits to the academy would be warmly welcomed by appointment. Please contact the academy on 01302 562541 if you would like to arrange a visit.

In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process. 

The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.

Delta Academies Trust undertake to treat all applicants for posts fairly and not to discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff who voluntarily reveal that they have a criminal conviction. Equally, we will not discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff where a Disclosure and Barring Service check reveals a criminal conviction or other information about offences.

Therefore, we will consider job applicants who have a criminal record based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where needed, qualifications and training. However, our approach depends on the job, and whether it is covered by, or exempt from, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. However, it is important to note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may limit the numbers of interviews offered to people with and without a disability.

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