Education Welfare Officer
King Solomon International Business School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7 4AA4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2024 but available with immediate effect.
Closing date
9 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- English, Health and social care, Mathematics, Social sciences
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, TTO plus 10 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC14-NJC19
What skills and experience we're looking for
- To act as children’s education advocate and to facilitate the educational partnership between home, school, community and Local Authority, by support, liaison and negotiation; and where conflict arises to give paramount consideration to the interests of the child.
- To take supportive/remedial action in respect of individual absentees to secure their regular attendance at school or other education provision.
- To take statutory action over non-attendance cases when necessary, including presentation of cases in court, under the Education Act 1996 and the Children Act 1989; and to be the designated supervisor for Education Supervision Orders.
- To advise and support schools in the implementation of School Attendance Regulations and in the use of attendance statistics for the monitoring and management of school attendance.
- To take supportive/remedial action in respect of children with socially-related emotional/behavioral difficulties in school and those with special educational needs; and to provide advice and assistance for parents, carers and pupils in all matters related to exclusions from school.
- To regularly provide guidance and support to staff, parents, carers and pupils in accordance with service agreements negotiated with the school.
- To contribute pro-actively and with a preventative emphasis to relevant areas of school policy and planning including the development of a whole school attendance policy and liaison with governors as appropriate.
- To invoke and participate in child protection procedures, as appropriate, including making education social work contribution to design and implementation of child protection plans; to provide child protection advice, information and support to school staff.
- To make referral to, to liaise and collaborate in joint work with other practitioners, educational colleagues, local agencies and community groups in relation both to individual cases and aspects of children’s general welfare.
- To provide advice and support to parents, schools and children on welfare matters, and to mobilise financial and other material resources from voluntary and statutory sources where required to further educational opportunities.
- To submit invoices for purchase of materials and small equipment and to claim reimbursement from Area Office petty cash, as necessary.
- To implement aspects of the legislation governing the employment of children and children in entertainment.
- To initiate developments and acquire knowledge/expertise in agreed specialist area(s) of education social work practice and to establish associated Area databases.
- To provide consultation and contribute to training for other Education Welfare Service staff and for student/staff on placement from other agencies.
- Will be required to work with multi agencies.
- To supervise, assess and evaluate social work and other students on placement in the service, as required.
- To maintain appropriate records, prepare assessments and reports; and provide statistics as required.
- To ensure strict confidentiality in all areas of work.
- To work and process personal and sensitive information in accordance with Data Protection Act 2018 including the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2018.
- To ensure work is conducted in a way that protects the safety and security of information (e.g. strong passwords, reporting breaches, securing paper records, securely disposing of records).
- To understand and comply with the statutory guidance regarding safeguarding of children, ensuring the safeguarding and promotion of children’s welfare at all times, reporting any concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Officer immediately.
- To comply with the Trust and academy’s policies and procedures at all times.
What the school offers its staff
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the King Solomon International Business School. I hope that this will give you an insight and a flavour of our all-through school.
As the Executive Headteacher, it is my privilege to be working alongside a professional and dedicated staff team who are committed to nurturing and developing all those who choose to learn here. We embrace students of all nationalities and religion and we seek to inspire our young people with the determination to fulfill their potential.
We are a happy and caring school that takes pride in diversity and celebrates individuality. We at King Solomon are determined to work tirelessly to develop and build upon its Christian core values, vision and student outcomes. It is our intention that by working closely together with parents, we can make King Solomon the best that it can possibly be.
We want our young people to be educated in a safe, secure and nurturing school, where there is harmony and inclusion. Our school is one where every child is nurtured, where every child is safe and where every child enjoys coming to school.
Our vision is that King Solomon International Business School is a place where parents, carers, staff, pupils and the community work together in partnership and collaboration to allow our children to thrive.
Our ideas are firmly grounded in honesty and integrity. Our purpose is developing students with empathy, understanding and appreciation for other views and opinions. Our website can only give a flavour of King Solomon so I sincerely look forward to welcoming you to the school. We would encourage any of you who are considering applying for a place to come and visit us on one of our many open events or by booking a tour by emailing info@kingsolomonibs.com.
Mr. D King Executive Headteacher
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
Please complete the online application.
About King Solomon International Business School
- School type
- Free School, Christian, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Through schooljobs
- School size
- 549 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ckirk@kingsolomonibs.com
- Phone number
- 01213571905
King Solomon International Business School is an all-through school for students aged 4-16 located in Central Birmingham. Our vision is to achieve academic excellence, develop students with exemplary character and prepare students to effectively live and work in the global economy. We are a multi-denominational Christian school, although we take in students of any faith or no faith.
Arranging a visit to King Solomon International Business School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ckirk@kingsolomonibs.com.
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