Wellbeing Officer
Start Date: ASAP
Application Deadline: 18th March 2020
Interview Date: TBC
37 hours per week, Term Time Only
TSAT Scale C Scale £17,160 – 19,240 (pro rata to £14,198 - £15,919 per annum)
We are currently recruiting for a Wellbeing Officer to join Goodwin Academy. Goodwin Academy is a vibrant and engaging Key Stage 3-5 mixed Academy, which is sponsored by the Thinking Schools Academy Trust.
The successful candidate must will manage behaviour for learning within the Academy, providing care, support and advice to students to promote their social and emotional development and wellbeing. Recent experience of working in a secondary school is essential.
We would like to recruit a highly enthusiastic and committed member of staff to lead on our continued improvements across the Academy. In return, we offer you our full support to flourish and develop your career.
What you’ll need to succeed:
Additional skills and experience:
What we can offer you:
Support from across the Trust to help you deliver outstanding practice through resources, mentoring and school visits.
Our School:
Goodwin Academy is a vibrant and engaging key stage 3-5 mixed academy based in the heart of Deal. Sponsored by the Thinking Schools Academy Trust, the school is part of a family of schools in Kent, Medway and Portsmouth. There are currently 17 academies in the trust including secondary and primary/junior academies. TSAT is a successful and rapidly growing trust, ranked as the highest performing academy trust in the country for 2018 at KS4. It has high expectations for all academies, setting ambitious targets for pupils learning and progress.
At Goodwin, we are committed to transforming the life chances of our students, ensuring that all are supported and encouraged to achieve their personal best. We deliver this through the BEST Agenda - ‘Be Your Best’ with BEST being an acronym for:
We pride ourselves on our caring and compassionate ethos, which enables our students to grow in a supportive atmosphere conductive to their development. Where students need additional support, we will look to meet their needs through our highly effective pastoral system.
The school has a thriving extra-curricular programme with many opportunities for students to grow their talents. In the sporting arena, the school has a wide range of very successful teams and have regular student productions, dance shows and exhibitions.
Ultimately, we aspire for our students to develop their academic and life skills, so that they become confident, well-rounded and contented individuals and are equipped and ready to be successful for the world of work and the challenges of the 21st Century.
What you need to do now:
If you are interested in working in a newly-built school, benefitting from a supportive network of teachers across our large academy and our Trust and you are keen to progress your career and join at the start of a new and exciting time for this academy, then please apply today!
Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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