At a Glance
- Tasks: Champion student health and wellbeing, providing first aid and emotional support.
- Company: Outwood Academy Normanby, dedicated to transforming young lives.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, flexible policies, and wellbeing perks.
- Other info: Join a supportive team focused on student success and community engagement.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives while growing your career.
- Qualifications: First Aid qualification and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 20250 - 24750 £ per year.
Outwood Academy Normanby is looking for a dedicated and empathetic Health and Wellbeing Officer to champion the holistic care of our school community. In this pivotal role, you will be a frontline advocate for student welfare. You won't just be managing health; you’ll be directly contributing to transforming the lives and futures of young people within our community.
Key Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Medical & First Aid Management
- Lead First Aid Provision: Act as the primary point of contact for medical assistance for both students and staff.
- Clinical Administration: Manage the storage and administration of medicines, maintain accurate medical databases, and ensure first aid supplies are fully stocked.
- Healthcare Planning: Produce and manage Individual Healthcare Plans and support students with SEND.
- Mental Health & Emotional Support
- Direct Intervention: Provide one-to-one drop-in sessions for identified students needing consistent emotional support.
- Crisis Management: Provide students with a calm and grounded presence during moments of acute emotional distress.
- Specialist Referrals: Facilitate and support onward referrals to external specialist services to ensure no child falls through the gaps.
- Strategic Support: Contribute to SEND support plans specifically where mental health concerns are a barrier to learning.
- Safe Spaces: Lead the development and maintenance of "Safe Spaces" within the academy to provide students with a sanctuary for regulation.
- Cultivating a Positive Health Culture
- Community Engagement: Plan and lead health events, including drop-in sessions for parents and carers to strengthen the school-home link.
- Advocacy & Education: Promote national and contextual health initiatives (e.g., substance abuse awareness, obesity prevention) through assemblies, Personal Development (PD) sessions, and academy events.
- Student Voice: Launch and lead a "Healthy Schools" student group, ensuring that pupils have a direct say in the health and wellbeing culture of their academy.
Qualifications
- Candidates must hold a current First Aid qualification. A Managing Medicines qualification is desirable, or a willingness to obtain it.
- Essential experience includes familiarity with accident reporting, specifically RIDDOR/HSE reportable accidents.
- You must exhibit excellent written and verbal communication skills, including listening skills, coupled with an excellent working knowledge of standard computer packages.
- The role requires the ability to work effectively as part of a team, and the capacity to work on your own initiative with a flexible and adaptable approach.
What the school offers its staff:
- Secure Pay & Pension: Competitive salary, automatic pay progression, and enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Training & Progression: Access to diverse CPD opportunities, including apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.
- Flexibility & Leave: Flexible family policies, enhanced occupational benefits (with no qualifying period), and 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays for non-term time staff.
- Wellbeing & Perks: Dedicated mental well-being strategy, free on-site parking, employee discounts, and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
Please note, we reserve the right to close advertisements early, either on the advertised closing date, or sooner if required. Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children.
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