Education Welfare Officer - Term Time Only plus 2 weeks

St Helens Council; St Helens; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

St Helens Council is recruiting an Education Welfare Officer to work with schools, families and external agencies to promote regular school attendance and safeguard children. You will support pupils facing barriers to learning and help schools apply new legislation and safeguarding practices.

The role requires a proactive, collaborative approach and is enhanced by a commitment to fair employment practices and public service values within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Promote regular school attendance and safeguard children.
• Work with schools, families and external agencies to support pupils in overcoming barriers to learning.

Job description

An Education Welfare Officer post has become available within the Education Welfare Service.

The Education Welfare Service is a statutory service that offers a quality provision to children, their families, and schools. The service aims to enable children and young people to benefit from the educational opportunities available. This can be through supporting families to resolve any problems of non-attendance or increasing education from reduced timetables to accessing opportunities full-time time.

This is an exciting time to become part of the EWS team, due to the implementation of new legislation and priorities.

This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by supporting schools with welfare concerns, as well as having their own professional curiosity and acting upon it appropriately.

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Championing Attendance, Empowering Futures – Join Us as an Education Welfare Officer!"

We are seeking a committed and proactive Education Welfare Officer to join our team.

The successful candidate will work closely with schools, families, and external agencies to promote regular school attendance, safeguard children, and support pupils in overcoming barriers to learning.

Exciting opportunity to join the Education Welfare team to support working together to Improve School Attendance legislation and safeguarding

children in education, by working with schools, agencies, children, and their families.

Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

This is an Enhanced Disclosure post

Candidates must also possess a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

St Helens Council is officially recognised as one of the region’s leading fair employers, achieving accredited status under the Liverpool City Combined Authority Fair Employment Charter. The Charter recognises the ongoing commitment to fair pay, secure work, training & progression & staff well-being whilst celebrating employers who go above and beyond for their workforce providing an inclusive and supportive environment.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles