Medical Welfare Officer

Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 9 schools over 11 locations across Luton, Peterborough and the London Boroughs of Havering and Waltham Forest. We have grown to include four primary schools and five special schools, with 2500 pupils and over 760 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure that: - Learners are safe and enjoy learning - Everyone feels included, respected, and valued - An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood - Employee potential is recognised and invested in The Trust’s vision is to provide high quality education for pupils through school-to-school collaboration, Trust direction, high challenge and high support. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do. We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure. Overview of the role: We’re Expanding! Lime Academy Hornbeam is Recruiting for a Medical Welfare Officer. Lime Academy Hornbeam is growing, and we are excited to be working closely with the Local Authority to create additional specialistplaces for children and young people with complex needs. As part of this exciting expansion, we are looking to recruit passionate, dedicated Medical Welfare Officer to join our team. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who can: -provide medical care and support to all pupils along with administrative duties associated with the post -administer routine drugs to all pupils where and when required -liaise with medical teams outside school to ensure all medication processes are up to date and safe for each child -attend medical reviews, annual reviews and medical meetings for pupils -look after and support the health and wellbeing of all pupils -work under the direction of SLT -manage the safe and effective administration, storage of medical supplies and pupil medication -ensure that safe and effective protocols are followed throughout the school for moving and handling, feeding of students , first aid, seizures The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:- -Strong communication skills -Experience of working with children with SEND is desirable -Practical experience of using ICT systems -A commitment to the vision and values of the Trust, alongside a collaborative and effective partnership working style will enable you to fulfil this role -You will be a highly motivated practitioner who is committed to implementing significant and sustained improvements across the schools and the wider Trust, who is enthusiastic to see all our learners’ flourish in safe, secure and welcoming learning environments. This role will be based at our Brookfield House Campus, Alders Avenue, Woodford Greem IG8 9PY Applications will be reviewed as they are s