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Whitgift Summer School, Welfare Manager

Salary £940 per week plus holiday pay
Location South Croydon
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Whitgift is a leading independent day and boarding school for boys, with approximately 1550 pupils including over 100 boarding pupils and flexi boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London, Surrey and the south coast.

During the summer holidays Whitgift runs its own summer school for international students, utilising all its fantastic facilities and modern boarding house. Whitgift Summer School, with its innovative and exciting English language and academic courses, along with activities which involve English speaking students, is designed to appeal to girls and boys aged 11-17 from all over the world.

We are seeking to appoint a Welfare Manager for our 2025 Summer School who will have overall responsibility for the residential pastoral care and well-being of all our summer school students. The Welfare Manager line manages a team of house parents in order to manage the boarding house effectively. They also work with the nurses to ensure the students’ medical requirements are met. They will be responsible for implementing Whitgift's safeguarding policy to ensure a safe and enjoyable environment for all students. The Welfare Manager is part of the Summer School Leadership Team.

Applicants must be passionate about the welfare of students and be committed to providing the best welfare provision, pastoral care and student experience. Candidates must have outstanding time management and organisation skills with proven management and leadership experience in a summer school, residential or boarding house context.  The ability to motivate, lead, supervise and engage with staff and young learners is essential.

The successful candidate will have a degree and previous experience of working with children in a professional setting. Applicants with additional vocational training in areas such as childcare, education or counselling are welcomed. Proficiency in spoken and written English is essential.

This is a residential role in order to offer students a first-class pastoral and welfare service. Even when off duty, the Welfare Manager must be willing to assist in case of any emergency that may arise, especially throughout the night.

Applicants must be able to present evidence of their right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract.

We welcome applications from all sectors of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake.

Further information about the role and the skills required is available by selecting the 'Documents' button at the bottom of the page. Click the green 'Apply' button on the top right for the online application form. 

For any queries, please telephone the Summer School on 020 8633 9924 or email summerschool@whitgift.co.uk

The Summer School will run for six weeks, and, although applicants who have full availability throughout this period are prioritised, applications for shorter periods may be considered. Therefore, if you are unable to work for the entire 6 weeks, please state this clearly within the additional information section of the application form and provide reasons.

Applications will be reviewed daily, and interviews may occur at any stage after applications are received, so we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. The School reserves the right to appoint at any stage of the recruitment process. 

Closing Date: 8 January 2025

Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers, the Disclosure & Barring Service and online checks (including personal, professional and other online activities). 

For more than 400 years, Whitgift has been transforming boys’ lives through education.

Whitgift 2025 was created as a result of the input and imagination of staff and students and the next few years will represent an exciting time of evolution for the school, both in terms of our site development plan and the educational partnerships we are embarking on. 

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