Education Welfare Officer

Middlesbrough Development Corporation; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Middlesbrough Council is seeking an Education Welfare Officer to join the Access to Education team. You will lead on improving attendance, ensuring children are at school every day, on time and ready to learn, and work with schools and a range of stakeholders to provide a comprehensive service.

The role involves reporting progress against KPIs, supporting staff in schools, and facilitating safeguarding and statutory requirements. Training will be provided, and an enhanced DBS check is required.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with schools, vulnerable learners and families.

Responsibilities

• Lead on improving attendance and ensure children are at school every day, on time and ready to learn.
• Work with schools and a range of stakeholders to provide a comprehensive attendance service.
• Provide regular, detailed reports on progress against KPIs and development plans.
• Support staff in schools and ensure statutory educational requirements are fulfilled.

Job description

The role
We have an exciting role on offer within our Education and Partnerships service as an Education Welfare Officer.

The role
We have an exciting role on offer within our Education and Partnerships service as an Education Welfare Officer.
We are seeking to appoint an Education Welfare Officer to work within Middlesbrough’s Access to Education team. You will take the lead in ensuring that your allocated schools are fully supported to help improve attendance and ensure that children are at school every day, on time and ready to learn.
You will work with a range of stakeholders to provide a comprehensive service and seek out new and innovative ways to improve attendance. You will link with schools’ existing attendance teams and provide additionally, support and advice.
This role will involve supporting staff in schools, ensuring all statutory educational requirements are fulfilled and liaising closely with schools and other stakeholders.
You will need to provide regular, detailed and accurate reports for senior staff, detailing progress against a range of KPIs and plans for further development and improvement.
Ideally you will have experience of working with schools, vulnerable learners and families, but we are can offer comprehensive training to candidates who can demonstrate the right qualities, commitment and enthusiasm. If you can demonstrate a successful track record of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders you might be the right person for this role.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with the ambition and skills to support us in our shared goal of providing an outstanding service. If you are passionate about improving children’s life chances and enjoy working in a fast paced environment we would like to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact Lynn Mitchell on 01642 201846
Please note Middlesbrough Council do not currently offer sponsorships.
The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
We operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.