Education Welfare Officer - Cardinal Griffin Catholic College

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Cannock; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is seeking an experienced Education Welfare Officer to improve school attendance and promote student welfare. This permanent, full-time position requires someone who can liaise with families and collaborate with external agencies to support students' educational success and safety.

Benefits

Personalized CPD entitlement

Supportive working environment

Collaboration with outstanding specialists

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing student welfare and attendance.
• Ability to liaise effectively with parents and external agencies.
• Take the role of Deputy Safeguarding Lead within the school.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage student attendance ensuring compliance with school policies.
• Work with parents to ensure understanding of their responsibilities regarding attendance.
• Collaborate with external agencies to reduce persistent absence and improve inclusion.

Skills

Experience in managing student attendance

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of safeguarding

Education

Relevant experience in educational settings

Job description

Education Welfare Officer

Grade 7 - £29,093 FTE

Actual Salary £26,552

Permanent, 37hpw, Term Time plus 2 weeks

APPLICATION DEADLINE – 11^th August 2025 at 9am

Are you looking for a new challenge in an innovative and supportive 11-18 Catholic school?

Cardinal Griffin Catholic College, a Catholic secondary school committed to nurturing academic and personal development, is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Education Welfare Officer.

In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing student attendance, ensuring compliance with school policies and statutory regulations. Your efforts will directly contribute to student welfare and success, fostering a positive learning environment.

About the role:

We are seeking to recruit an Education Welfare Officer who will be responsible for improving school attendance, who will also act as family liaison/support and lead co-ordinated support.

The successful candidate will work directly with parents to help them understand and fulfil their legal responsibilities in relation to school attendance.

They will be required to work with both the school and other external agencies to reduce persistent absence, improve social/educational inclusion, and behaviour. This role will require the successful candidate to be the school’s Deputy Safeguarding Lead.

APPLICATION DEADLINE – 11th August 2025 at 9am

*The College reserves the right to interview as soon as it has a suitable field of candidates and so encourages early applications*

For enquiries, further details and application forms please contact Mrs H Tapper at [e-mail]

Why Cardinal Griffin Catholic College?

With a strong Catholic ethos that puts ‘love’ at the heart of its community, the school provides a haven where all can flourish. Situated just outside the town centre and easily accessed by train, bus or the M6, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is proud of its strong community links and its beautiful grounds.

You will have the opportunity to:

benefit from two days of personalised CPD entitlement designed by you;work in a supportive working environment within a faith-based educational community;to work in collaboration, with outstanding specialists, across the Painsley family of schools.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings cautions and convictions in your application form. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted. Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, candidates should note that it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Our Safeguarding Policy can be found at https://www.cardinalgriffin.org.uk/docs/policies/Safeguarding_Policy_2024 25.pdf