Welfare and Administration assistant

Yardley Primary School are looking for a Welfare and administration assistant Assistant to join their team.

Yardley Primary School is a 2-form entry (currently expanding to 3 form) community school situated on the edge of Chingford in Waltham Forest with a long-proven record of academic success.

As a school we aim to provide a safe, stimulating and inspirational environment for children to learn and thrive academically, socially, physically and emotionally. We teach a broad and balanced curriculum which enables our pupils to become literate and numerate with high levels of spoken, investigative and problem-solving skills, together with a balanced view of the World.

This is underpinned by the promotion of our core values of honesty, responsibility, trust, respect, enjoyment and a positive attitude to competition and good manners.

We are looking to appoint a Welfare and Administration assistant to promote and support the health, safety and welfare of our pupils whilst also assisting the school office with key tasks. Experience of administering first aid, first aid training and/or working in an office environment would all be advantageous. Full safeguarding and paediatric first aid training will be provided by the school.

This position is 4 days a week – Tuesday to Friday, 8:30am to 4.30pm, 28 hours a week. NJC Scale point 9 (Outer London) term time only. £19285.50 per annum

MAIN PURPOSE

Act as primary First Aider to pupils and staff

Provide support to the Office Manager in maintaining the school’s administrative systems

Act as a point of contact for parents and visitors to the school

MAJOR TASKS

Responsibility for administering emergency First Aid

Administrative procedures in respect to first Aid

Maintaining pupil contact records

Act as designated safeguarding deputy

Assist office manager in reception and administration tasks [when not undertaking direct First Aid]

Understand and comply with Equal Opportunity Policy

For full details of the role please refer to the separate job description.

We offer:

• A supportive team with a strong ethos of collective responsibility
• A positive learning environment with hard working and excellently behaved pupils
• Training opportunities and continued professional development

As part of due diligence an online search will be carried out on shortlisted candidates. 

Successful applicants will have an enhanced Criminal Record Check via DBS.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expect all members of staff to share this commitment.

Closing date for applications Weds 16^th October 

Interviews will be in the week beginning 28^th October

For an application pack, please follow this link to the Yardley Primary school website https://www.yardleyprimary.co.uk/vacancies-1/