Attendance & Welfare Officer
Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
2nd September 2025
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,790.00 - £25,584.00 Annually (FTE) Actual starting salary is £10,373.16
Attendance & Welfare Officer job summary
Whitehouse PRU & Bridgeview Special School
Grade 4 - Attendance and Welfare Officer - part time
18 hours per week term time only + 5 training days (195 days) - Monday to Friday (am)
Actual starting salary will be £10,373.16 - £10,705.41 (£24,790 - £25,584 £ FTE)
Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable young people and helping them thrive? We are seeking an additional Attendance and Welfare Officer to join our dedicated team at Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit & Bridgeview Special School.
In this vital role, you will work closely with students, families, and school staff to promote regular attendance, monitor absence patterns, and work with safeguarding and the senior leadership team to provide tailored interventions to address the complex barriers that some of our learners’ face.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting home visits, meetings, and welfare checks to understand and address the reasons behind poor attendance
- Liaising with external agencies such as social services, youth offending teams, and mental health services etc
- Developing and implementing attendance action plans
- Maintaining detailed records to evidence progress and inform future strategies
You will have:
- Experience working with young people
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Have a genuine commitment to supporting the welfare of young people
We can offer you:
- A supportive working environment
- A commitment to professional development
- An opportunity to work with a dynamic team.
It is essential that the successful candidate must drive and have a car.
Visits to the school are welcome; please contact Jake Thompson, principal on 01482 303300 to make arrangements.
The closing date for applications is Friday 27th june 2025 at 9 am. Interviews to be confirmed.
Our Multi Academy Trust is a group of inspirational and aspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Yorkshire whose main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding staff.
Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.
An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants
Online searches will be carried out as part of Venn Academy Trust’s recruitment due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education
Commitment to safeguarding
Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants. As part of Venn Academy Trust recruitment processes, in accordance with statutory guidance: Keeping children safe in education (2023) an online search will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- School size
- 4 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit website
We are very proud of our unique setting. The Whitehouse PRU is a pupil referral unit for primary school aged pupils. We help and support pupils to re-engage with their learning both academically and socially.
Our prime purpose is to prepare pupils to be ready to return to mainstream or to transfer to the most appropriate provision.
Whitehouse PRU is co-located with the Bridgeview Special School. Bridgeview is a special school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs.
We are part of the Venn Academy Trust which consists of a group of inspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Hull and Doncaster.
Venn Academy Trust’s main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding teachers. Our approach promotes and celebrates individuality, whilst encouraging the pursuit of excellence.
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