Education Welfare Officer
This job expired on 10 February 2023
Start date details
April 2023
Closing date
10 February 2023 at 9am
Date listed
23 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 37 hours per week / 39 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,909 - £35,411
Pay scale
- Grade G
What skills and experience we're looking for
- A thorough knowledge of legislation relating to school attendance, children missing education, elective home education and of legal interventions that are used as part of the suite of interventions for attendance.
- Experience of working with schools on attendance related issues and have extensive experience of working with multi -agency partners.
- You will be required to do home visits and work on your own initiative. You will also have a sound knowledge of safeguarding children.
- You will be required to keep accurate records and maintain databases, so you will need high levels of organisational ability.
- You need to have high levels of communication skills as you will be working with parents/carers, children directly and other organisations.
What the school offers its staff
Learning Academies Trust have an exciting opportunity for an Education Welfare Officer to support the nine schools across the Trust. The EWO will help to improve attendance by building meaningful relationships with families, promoting positive attitudes towards regular attendance and enable the Trust to fulfil our legal requirements.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.
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About Learning Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- hr@learningat.uk
- Phone number
- 01752938028
The Learning Academies Trust was originally formed by three Plymouth primary schools in November 2016 and has grown from there. In terms of pupil numbers, the Trust is now the largest primary school MAT, or Multi Academy Trust in the city of Plymouth with plans on the horizon to grow.
The Learning Academies Trust is a family of schools dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust holds three core beliefs at the centre of the work we do:
- Every child in our Trust deserves an outstanding education
- Schools work best when they work together
- Every school is unique
Arranging a visit to Learning Academies Trust
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