Wellbeing and Safeguarding Officer

Job Title:

Wellbeing and Safeguarding Officer

Closing Date: 22/03/2026 23:59

Pay/Salaray: £15,047.91 to £16,356.64

Hours:

25 hours x 40 weeks (Part Time)

Please note:
HoW College reserves the right to extend the advertising period for this vacancy or close the vacancy early in line with volume of applicants.

To become a Wellbeing and Safeguarding Officer in our Specialist Learning Support department, we need someone who is experienced in supporting learners on a 1:1 basis and can motivate learners.

The successful candidate will have the chance to acquire new skills and develop their abilities in a wide range of activities.

We have a variety of students from the surrounding area, we are a welcoming and inclusive community that champions diversity and equality across our college.

Our departments collaborate to establish and uphold the inclusive HoW culture; we keep this in mind as we manage interactions with the public, fellow employees, and nearby schools.

Although this position is centred at our Bromsgrove campus, all applicants must be prepared to travel to our other campuses or surrounding areas as required.

To find a more detailed list of your day-to-day responsibilities, please refer to the key roles and accountabilities section on our Job Description.

In summary, as someone who has experience of working with and supporting a range of client groups, you will support in many aspects. To name a few:

• Provide high quality and responsive health, welfare and safeguarding services for all students.
• Support College attendance, retention and achievement strategies by providing high quality proactive welfare and wellbeing support to individual students and groups.
• Work directly with college departments to ensure learners are fully supported, with any barriers to learning dealt with promptly and effectively.

Heart of Worcestershire College, the county's largest further education institution, offers a diverse range of academic, vocational, and community courses throughout its campuses.

In all we do, our principles of diversity, integrity, partnership, and trust come through, enabling us to offer timely and knowledgeable services both within and outside of our immediate neighbourhood.

By 2030, we also intend to be 90% green!

Our goal is to advance, innovate, and inspire. We're looking for people who want to come along for the journey because our growth will be your growth.

• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7, 365 days a year); giving access to free confidential counselling.
• Regular Continuing Professional Development.
• Opportunity to gain further qualifications and enhance professional development through our Awards process.
• Agile and Flexible working (Dependent upon role).
• Employee discounts & benefits package including high street and travel discounts.
• Fantastic progression opportunities.
• A mentor to support you in your new role.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Free onsite parking (Certain Campuses only).
• Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities.

Every person we hire has a different mix of experiences, cultures, and identities, as well as a unique background and physical make-up. Together, we strengthen HoW.

The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised.

We want you to know that HoW is an equal opportunity employer. This College expects everyone to share its commitment to promoting and protecting children, young people, and vulnerable adults' welfare and equality of opportunity.

For us, this means that we always work to be as inclusive as possible in all areas of employment and that we will not allow any form of discrimination.

All successful applicants will be required to complete and pay for a Disclosure & Barring Service check. Along with online verification to ensure the safety of our pupils.

Closing date for this post is: 22nd March 2026

If you are viewing this advert on Indeed, Total Jobs or another job board, it is worth noting there is more information about the position on the…