First Aid Officer - Ferndown Upper School

First Aid Officer

XS8.4b

Monday to Friday – 27.5 hours per week

8.30am to 2.30pm (to include 30 minutes unpaid lunch break)

Dorset Grade 6 Scale Point 6-9 (£13.05-£13.69 per hour)

Term time only plus 5 Staff Training Days

We would also welcome applications from more experienced and qualified candidates. Salary grade and level of role responsibility would be discussed at interview.

We are looking to recruit a First Aid Officer to join our FUS Team as soon as possible. The successful candidate’s primary responsibility will be for the welfare of students and staff if they are unwell or injured and take the necessary course of action, this will also include supporting the on-call team with any call-outs for students with specific needs or non-behavioural issues. They will work closely with our Pastoral Team and external agencies in planning and organising health visits and training. 

This post requires initiative, flexibility, diplomacy and discretion together with a professional approach.  Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Word, Excel and Bromcom is desirable. A current First Aid certificate is also desirable but training will be provided for a suitable candidate.

Please see the attached Job Specification for more detailed information.

What Ferndown Can Offer You:

• CPD opportunities and training and development programmes.
• Personalised induction, supported by a mentor.
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• A tax efficient Childcare Scheme through salary sacrifice.
• Access to health and wellbeing support.
• Private Healthcare Cash Plan including 24/7 access to a GP by phone, gym discounts, cashback for optical, dental and other appointment expenses for employees and their children.
• Access to staff benefits and discounts portal through Dorset Council.

Application Form and Job Description available via Dorset Jobs or our school website. If you require any further information, please contact Andrea Baxter in the HR Office on 01202 871243 [email protected] 

Closing date:  Thursday 13^th February 2025

Ferndown Upper School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Ferndown Upper School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide 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. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Ferndown Upper School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.