Welfare Assistant
Salary: (Actual) £17,229 - £17,489 per annum (depending on experience)
Grade: 3
Hours: 27.5 per week – (09.15am – 3.15pm)
Work Pattern: Term time only – 38 weeks
Contract: Permanent
Pension: 21.6% employer’s contribution
To start: As soon as possible
Cranford Park Academy is a large, vibrant, highly successful, multi-cultural school in West London. Inclusion is at the heart of all we do. The academy is part of The Park Federation Academy Trust, allowing us to benefit from a wealth of expertise across our eight academies, as well as enabling us to provide opportunities for sharing of good practice and high quality training.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our highly professional, friendly team based at Cranford Park Academy.
We are seeking to appoint a child-centred Welfare Assistant, who has high expectations of themselves and is committed to improving the lives of our children.
We are looking for individuals who:
- Enjoys working with children and can establish a positive relationship to help them with their welfare needs.
- Has excellent communication skills.
- Is fluent in English and ideally a community language.
- Can supervise and interact with children and manage their behaviour in a positive way.
- Has an understanding of first aid, health and safety and safeguarding issues in school.
We are able to offer:
- Continued professional development;
- A welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff;
- An ambitious and dynamic Senior Leadership Team
- A dedicated Governing Body;
- An employee assistance programme (EAP).
We warmly welcome candidates coming to visit the school prior to application.
Closing date: As and when we receive successful applications.
