Welfare Manager

Hall Green School; Hall Green; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Hall Green School in Birmingham is seeking a dedicated professional to lead day-to-day safeguarding and promote the welfare of pupils on a full-time basis. You will improve engagement with disengaged families, liaise with the lead DSL on welfare strategy, and work closely with families to remove barriers to attendance, learning, achievement and wellbeing.

This post is within the WMAT framework and requires strong commitment to safeguarding, with responsibilities that include safeguarding policy

Responsibilities

• lead on day to day safeguarding matters and promoting the welfare of pupils
• improve working relationships with disengaged and vulnerable families
• liaise with the lead DSL on the overall welfare strategy
• liaise closely with families to assist in overcoming barriers to attendance, learning, achievement and wellbeing
• lead on the provision for pupils known (and previously known) to children's social care.

Job description

Hall Green School is a very popular, heavily oversubscribed and academically successful 11-16 academy. We are a highly diverse institution, both ethnically and as a fully accessible mainstream school, attracting pupils from across the city with physical disabilities. We have wonderful pupils who fully contribute to the school’s caring ethos. Likewise, staff work hard to ensure "there is always an adult on hand whom they [pupils] feel they can talk to and who will listen to them (Ofsted 2025). As a school, we pride ourselves on being warm, inclusive and welcoming where positive relationships are at the centre of what we do.

The school is part of the newly formed West Midlands Academy Trust (WMAT) which opened in January 2025. As one of the three founding members, the school has been integral to forming the Trust’s mission:

• Relentless focus upon delivering an excellent Quality of Education, resulting in strong progress and attainment for all groups of pupils.
• Emphasis upon personal development and well-being for staff and pupils.

Working 37 hours per week. This is an all year round post but there is flexibility, both required, and possible, within the working hours. Hours exclude a 30-minute lunch break.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• lead on day to day safeguarding matters and promoting the welfare of pupils
• improve working relationships with disengaged and vulnerable families
• liaise with the lead DSL on the overall welfare strategy
• liaise closely with families to assist in overcoming barriers to attendance, learning, achievement and wellbeing
• lead on the provision for pupils known (and previously known) to children's social care.

Most importantly, we are looking for a candidate who shares the school’s approach and commitment to the success and wellbeing of its young people. You are warmly invited to speak to the Headteacher and to make an appointment to visit the school in action.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak and write fluently in English is an essential requirement for this role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the (Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

WMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the School to share this commitment. Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our pupils. If you are shortlisted online searches may be carried out as part of due diligence checks (i.e. Google and Social Media Platforms). The successful applicant will be subject to the following checks: enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), a prohibition from teaching (where applicable), qualifications (where applicable), medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will also be required to provide two suitable references.

The closing date for applications is 9.00 am on Friday 11 September 2026.