Education and Welfare Support Officer

Aspire Academy, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU9 5DE

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  29 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £30,460.31 - £32,977.97 Annually (Actual) Salary shown above is pro rata, based on an Full Time Equivalent of £35,570 to £38,510 (Grade I, Scale Points 23-26)

Education and Welfare Support Officer job summary

We’re looking for an Education & Welfare Support Officer to join our pastoral team and play a vital role in supporting some of our most vulnerable students - from improving attendance and behaviour to providing emotional wellbeing, safeguarding and targeted one-to-one support.

This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same. You’ll build trusted relationships with students and families, work closely with staff and external agencies, and help young people access the support they need to thrive.

A key part of this role is leading the admission and transition of commissioned students. Working closely with our Vice Principal for Safeguarding, Behaviour and Attendance, you’ll liaise with commissioning schools, families and students to make sure new placements happen smoothly and promptly. You’ll become a key point of contact throughout the student’s journey, coordinating information around attendance, behaviour and progress and facilitating commissioner quality-assurance meetings and visits.

If you’re empathetic, resilient, highly organised and confident working across agencies, and you want to make a genuine difference to young people at pivotal moments in their education, we’d love to hear from you.

Join us and help make sure every young person gets the support, stability and opportunity they deserve.

What we can offer:

• Experienced and supportive School Leadership Team

• Opportunities for staff to develop through Continuous Professional Development

• Local Government Pension scheme

• Occupational Health

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Cycle to work scheme

• Free on site Parking

Job Details

Hours of Work: 37 Hours per Week, Term Time Only

Position Type: Permanent Post

Line Manager: Vice Principal

Travel Required: Occasional

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

Application Process

Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Aspire Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 10 to 16
• Size: 81 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 10 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Aspire Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aspire-academy

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