Health and Welfare Support Assistant (HWSA)
Salary: Grade 3 SCP 10-13 £24,796-£25,186 FTE
Actual Salary: £18,984-£19,283
Working hours: 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year plus 5 days Inset
Contract type: Fixed term until July 2026 with the potential of an extension
Start date: ASAP
Due to additional funding, we are seeking to appoint Health and Welfare Support Assistants (HWSA) with the capacity to support the health and welfare needs of all pupils at Ivy House School. You will support the pupils in several areas across school. Predominantly this will be safely administering enteral feeding and supporting the administration of medication but may also include elements of supporting personal and intimate care, pupils’ physical needs, therapies (such as rebound and hydro therapy) and classroom support.
The successful candidate will be pupil‑focused and have the desire and ability to support all our students with care and mutual respect. You will be able to work as part of a team and be keen to learn and develop. You will also have a strong commitment to improving the lives of all our pupils and ensuring they are happy, comfortable, safe and ready to learn.
A proven track record of working successfully with vulnerable children and/or adults in an education, health or care context and excellent communication skills are desirable for this role. Ideally you will have experience of enteral feeding and experience of the necessary clinical competencies to carry out enteral feeding and the administration of enteral medication. However, full training and competencies will be provided.
We would welcome a tour of school – from 1:30pm on Wednesday 7th January. Please contact to arrange.
Please visit our Ivy House career site for more information: Ivy House School Career Site (schoolrecruiter.com).
Responsibilities
Support the pupils in health and welfare needs, administer enteral feeding, administer medication, personal/intimate care, physical needs, therapies, classroom support.
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience working with vulnerable children or adults in education, health or care context.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Experience of enteral feeding and clinical competencies for feeding and medication (full training provided).
Benefits
* An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff).
* Support Staff only based on working full time, all year – generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays).
* Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan.
* Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff.
* Free Eye Tests.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Access to our Institute of Education and opportunities to grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
Safe Recruitment & Equal Opportunities
Ivy House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to robust vetting procedures, including an online search for all shortlisted candidates, in line with our Trust’s commitment to safer recruitment. An enhanced criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), formerly known as the CRB, is required. You will be asked to disclose all relevant unspent and, where applicable, unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions, and convictions.
Shaw Education Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are fully committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection processes promote equality, diversity, and inclusion at every stage. In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CVs alone will not be accepted.
Application Timeline
Closing Date: Friday 9/1/2026
Interview: Wednesday 14/1/2026
Shortlist: Friday 16/1/2026
Interview: Thursday 22/1/2026
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an ongoing basis; interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore we encourage early applications.
Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.
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