Education Welfare Officer
Location: Liverpool, L22 0PJ
Salary: 23-27 (£32,076 - £35,745)
Closing date: Friday 28th June at 3.00pm
Interview: Thursday 4th July
They are the first of the permanent Multi Academy Trusts being set up by the Archdiocese of Liverpool. Each school within the Archdiocese will be given the opportunity to join one of these trusts. They currently have three secondary schools within their Trust with four primary schools undergoing due diligence and an identified target date of conversion in September 2024.
The Role
They are looking to appoint an education welfare service for children, their families and 3 secondary academies within the Trust (Sacred Heart Catholic Academy, Crosby, The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco, Bootle and St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Whiston.) ensuring children receive education appropriate to their needs, by driving the highest possible attendance at school or otherwise.
Key Responsibilities
- To act as children's education advocate and to facilitate the educational partnership between home, school, community and Local Authority, by support, liaison and negotiation; and where conflict arises to give paramount consideration to the interests of the child.
- To implement a programme of regular monitoring of all school attendance.
- To consult, advise and support the Headteacher and other school staff on issues of attendance and absence. To consider a range of actions and alternatives and recommend implementation to the Headteacher, in accordance with relevant legislation and DfE guidelines.
- To devise in-school programmes to promote the attendance of individual pupils. These may include gradual reintegration into schools through part-time timetables, in-school meetings with Progress Leaders and facilitating support groups of problematic attendees, and other appropriate activities suitable to individual circumstances.
- Undertake referrals to external agencies to support students with attendance issues.
- To conduct home visits in order to pursue concerns about attendance and other welfare issues. To formulate during such visits strategies as appropriate to the family and to deal with the consequences.
- To advise and support schools in the implementation of School Attendance Regulations and in the use of attendance statistics for the monitoring and management of school attendance.
Skills and Qualifications
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Attainment of GCSE grade C or above in English and Maths
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Considerable experience of working in one or more of:
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Working with Children, Young People and Families
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Teacher with pastoral experience or work in a comparable profession
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Education Welfare work
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Social work
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Working in education setting
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Experience of organising department documents, plans of data analysis, target setting, monitoring, evaluation and review
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An understanding of the education system
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Multi Agency working
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Ability to work effectively within a team environment
Benefits
- Access to excellent continuing professional development opportunities
- Opportunity to enhance and utilise their strong existing partnerships and networks
- Simply Health: The Trust is committed to supporting staff wellbeing and partners with Simply Health including 24/7 access to GP, access to counselling and financial support for some physiotherapy, dental work and glasses.
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme with Octopus Energy
- Access to staff discounts and cash back for a huge range of products, including travel, shopping, insurance, motoring & utilities
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable Academy Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we can expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.