Job Description

Location

York

Vacancy Type

Term Time/Full Time

Application Deadline

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Job Profile

Job Profile document

Job Summary

Salary: 21,555.84 per annum

Hours: 40 hours a week, 38 weeks a year

Introduction:

Queen Ethelburga's is set in more than 220 acres of beautiful North Yorkshire countryside, on the Thorpe Underwood Estate. Staff work as one team - whether they are directly teaching or supporting students as part of the school and pastoral teams, or as part of our estates team making sure that the campus works as it should - to create a vibrant learning and living environment in which every student can thrive. We aspire to excellence, have high expectations of ourselves and others, and take pride in everything we do. We aim to nurture resilient, confident, and independent lifelong learners. The Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate Standard is 'To be the best that I can with the gifts that I have'.

Job Purpose

To help in developing an environment that both students and staff are proud to be part of. To provide wellbeing support to students within the Collegiate through group activities and one-to-one student support. This job description is written at a specific time and is subject to change as the demands of the Collegiate and the role develops. The role requires flexibility and adaptability and the employees of the Collegiate need to be aware that they may be asked to perform tasks and be given responsibilities not detailed in this job description.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a Student Wellbeing support officer, you will work within the Wellbeing team. Your principal role is to ensure that the students are safe and well cared for. The provision of effective daily behaviour management, support and guidance for students are key aspects of the role. You will be expected to support with; running of pastoral systems for the whole Collegiate, providing wellbeing support via activities for groups of students, one to one sessions as a student key worker, work in collaboration with boarding staff and school teams in creating reports and wellbeing plans for students requiring additional support. Working hours are between 8-5 with an hour's break, 5 days a week.




Your general duties and responsibilities are as follows;

Students

To be responsible, in conjunction with other members of the team for the smooth running of whole school reward and conduct systems. To deliver wellbeing support in conjunction with the Pastoral care team for the students in the form of wellbeing activities, one to one support and guidance. To work closely with the boarding team and academic teams to ensure high quality wellbeing provision is provided to the students based on their individual needs

Policy

To be fully conversant with the Collegiate policies as they apply to the Houses and to operate in line with those policies To provide support with pastoral concerns, ensuring they are referred to the Safeguarding Team To provide support with developing the wellbeing support for students

Parents/Agents/Guardians

To build positive, professional relationships with parents, agents and guardians To understand the Collegiate requirements for professional communication

Staff

To provide relevant staff with information about individual students as necessary To liaise with the Boarding Management Team regarding training needs, either your own or other staff members

Administration

To be part of the team and carry out some administrative duties within the Wellbeing team

Support for the Collegiate

To recognise your own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others To supervise pupils on visits, trips and out of Collegiate activities as required

Benefits

Competitive salaries, with a range of flexible hours to suit 10% discount on kindergarten fees (aged 3 months to 3 years) Significant discount on school fees from age 3 to 18. Free private staff gym, separate to the students with state-of-the-art equipment. Free, secure onsite parking and electrical vehicle charging points on site for staff Staff community social events including bonfire and fireworks, Christmas ball, summer fun day etc. 24/7 Employee Assistant Programme Training and Development Opportunities Increased holiday entitlement for staff with long service Long service awards Discount on King's Theatre productions - external events Enhanced paternity / maternity pay, including new baby book Refer a friend scheme - We believe that staff are our greatest and most valuable asset, and this scheme involves and financially rewards our staff for referring like-minded candidates who join our school community.

Applying:

QE is committed to ensuring a safe environment for its pupils and staff. Applicants will be required to provide proof of identity and undergo the relevant DBS checks for their role.


Any personal information you share with us on your application form will be used solely for recruitment purposes. Your details will be held for up to 6 months and destroyed after this time.


Any questions on individual roles or the recruitment process can be sent to the HR department on recruitment@qe.org


We receive high volumes of applications, due to this if you have not heard from us within two weeks of your application, unfortunately on this occasion your application will not have been successful.