Stafford House has over 70 years’ experience in providing international students with great English language study experiences in the UK. Our mission is to educate, inspire and help our students enjoy our locations, empowering them with confidence to realise their personal potential. Stafford House comprises 2 brands, Stafford House International and Stafford House Study Holidays.
Stafford House Study Holidays offers study experiences in the summer in a variety of locations, including our CATS Global Schools locations globally and partner summer venues at prestigious boarding schools and universities. We also offer a variety of non-ELT summer programmes studying Arts, Sciences and Business.
Stafford House International has 3 year-round locations in Cambridge, Canterbury, and London. These schools benefit from being co-located with other schools in CATS Global Schools allowing us to deliver a high-quality service to students and staff. We deliver our signature Professional Certificate courses and Business English programmes in London and IELTS preparation in all three locations and our General English programme is enhanced by our module courses in the afternoons in all three locations. All three schools deliver programmes from groups booked through Study Holidays throughout the year.
We offer a true experience for our students, and it takes dedicated and special employees to help deliver that. Our ‘Lions’ are part of the Stafford House family from the start as we quickly integrate people into the team and look to build individuals skills to allow them to truly excel in their role and push on to greater things. Once a lion, always a lion!
Department: Welfare Team
Reports to: Centre Director, Head of Student Experience at Head Office
Contract: Temporary, fixed term
Hours: 0 hour contract
Rate: £26 per hour (registered nurse) £20 per hour for Health Care Assistant
YOUR PROFILE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* To provide confidential health advice to individual students
* To be responsible for the administration of medication including the medication given by members of the boarding team in the boarding houses
* General nursing care such as wound dressing and treatment of injured and sick students
* To assess students who arrive in the medical centre and arrange a doctor’s appointment or, if appropriate, administer medication if required or send them to their lessons if they are believed to be well enough. If a student is judged by other members of staff, such as House Parents, Personal Tutors, or a member of the Welfare team, to be too ill to come into the medical centre, they will report this to the School Nurse who may need to visit the student in his/her room and make an assessment.
* To manage the medical centre including making the beds, keeping the rooms hygienic and comfortable, ensuring there is adequate supervision of students.
* Attend Welfare meetings, when required by the Centre Director
* Communicate with other members of staff regarding the welfare of students, while recognising the importance of confidentiality.
* To maintain communication with the doctors’ surgery and other agencies in order to promote and maintain students’ health and welfare.
* To maintain all medical records on the college’s in-house Management Information System, of any matters related to the health and welfare of a student.
* To monitor all students’ medication as prescribed by the local doctor or brought from home and to carry out any necessary Risk Assessments. Parents may be contacted by the Nurse to confirm the correct dosage and storage instructions.
* To monitor the safe storage of all medicines, to comply with statutory requirements and the College Policy.
* To report students with contagious diseases to the local public health authorities for the purpose of minimising infection and complying with legal requirements.
* To respond to medical emergency situations.
* To hold the skills, knowledge and ability to care for our students
* To keep abreast of School nursing practices related to safe practice within boarding schools.
ABOUT YOU
The post holder will be an experienced professional who has had varied previous experience in the management of students’ medical issues and in providing follow-up support, when needed, to students with medical and other concomitant issues.
COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY
We are committed to diversity, inclusion and belonging. Building on our core values Pioneering, Persevering, People we pledge to deliver a series of events, guest speakers and focus groups to make CATS Global Schools an employer of choice for all.
ABOUT CATS GLOBAL SCHOOLS
CGS is a leading provider of pre-university academic courses and English language courses in the UK. We provide programmes including A Level, IB and University Foundation, as well as English Language Study, to a growing number of international students seeking to win places at UK universities.
We operate a number of different educational brands: CATS Colleges in Cambridge, Worthgate School, Canterbury and Guildhouse School, London; CATS Academy in Boston; CATS China; Bournemouth Collegiate School, Bosworth Independent College and St Michael’s School, Llanelli; Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts (CSVPA) and Stafford House English language schools and Study Holidays. We benefit from being part of a global team focused on teaching and learning.
AND FINALLY
CATS Global Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expect everyone connected with the organisation to share this commitment. All positions are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment pre-employment checks in line with KCSIE guidelines. All shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a criminal declaration form prior to interview and be subject to online checks which may include social media checks in addition to an enhanced DBS check (DBS process paid for by CATS Global Schools), references and if applicable, an overseas police check.