Education Welfare Officer
The Burton Borough School, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7DSThis job expired on 28 June 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
28 June 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 June 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 Hours per week - Potential for 35 hours (to be spread across 5 days per week.) Term Time + 1 Week (PD Days)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale SO1 (£14.63 - £15.60) Per Annum on 30 days (£19,513 - £20,807) dependent on experience and length of service
Additional allowances
Car Necessary – Essential Car Allowance of £80.50 per month + monthly claim form (visits per mile)
Education Welfare Officer job summary
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and flexible Education Welfare Officer. The post will be based at Burton Borough School but will support and advise a further 10 schools (1 Secondary and 9 Primary).
We are looking for a candidate who is ambitious and hardworking but also resolute in the face of adversity. If you are someone who is looking for a position that will provide you with daily challenges but also a rewarding role that will enable you to make positive change for young people, then we welcome an application from you.
Working with our group of schools, you will offer strategic and practical support to schools including working with children and families to ensure that children benefit from a range of educational opportunities.
We are seeking an extremely knowledgeable candidate, ideally with experience of working within an educational setting with the ability to manage their own workload. The role includes the day to day, line management of the Early Intervention Practitioner. Prioritising work across the participating schools will be vital to ensure that all settings are delivered effective support, advice and guidance in managing their school attendance.
The Education Welfare Officer is required to offer a quality provision to children, their families and schools. Working closely with Head Teachers, pastoral staff and external agencies the duties will include home visits to ascertain reasons for non-attendance, accurate record keeping and the administration of a range of legal procedures to ensure that the law in relation to compulsory school attendance is upheld.
Main areas
• To have an excellent working knowledge of relevant legislation relating to non- school attendance. Be able to advise the Head teacher, children and young people, school staff and parents/carers on the implications of such legislation and its practical application.
• To provide children and young people and parents/carers with an effective advice and support service, employing listening skills in the provision of the above. Liaise between home and school, involving other support agencies as appropriate, including social care, early intervention teams and medical and counselling services.
• To be knowledgeable about the educational guidelines on child protection in order to advise staff and ensure that all child protection issues are dealt with promptly, effectively and according to up to date policy and procedure.
• To advise, assist and monitor schools in managing their overall attendance and punctuality in order to increase attendance to above the national Average. To assist in the training of school staff in respect of attendance (including court proceedings and registers/electronic systems).*
• To prepare and assist under section 444 of the Education Act 1996 cases of non-school attendance for Magistrates court, including Penalty Fines. Attend and give evidence in court if required.
• Ideally supervisory/line management experience.
This person will be working on behalf of the Newport Cluster Support Services but based at Burton Borough School.
Burton Borough is a vibrant and inclusive mixed Community School of 1170 students, situated on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border within the pleasant market town of Newport. Our location provides easy access to/from Shrewsbury, Stafford, Telford and Wolverhampton. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake a DBS enhanced clearance for the school.
For further information, please visit our website at www.burtonborough.org.uk or telephone 01952 386500 or email the Principal’s PA at jessica.boden@taw.org.uk
For daily updates and to see what we do, follow us on Twitter or Instagram @BurtonBorough
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.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Burton Borough School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1150 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Burton Borough School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jessica.boden@taw.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01952386500
Burton Borough is a vibrant and inclusive mixed Comprehensive School of 1157 students, situated on the Shropshire/ Staffordshire border within the pleasant market town of Newport. We were awarded the Gold Mental Health Award from the Carnegie School of Mental Health in April 2019 and are the first school in England to be recognised by Public Health England for the work we do in this area. Our location provides easy access to/ from Shrewsbury, Stafford, Telford and Wolverhampton. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake a DBS enhanced clearance for the school.
Arranging a visit to The Burton Borough School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jessica.boden@taw.org.uk.
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