Education Welfare Officer
Truro & Penwith Academy Trust, Truro, TR4 9LD21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
7 September 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 HPW / 39 Working Weeks / Term Time Only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,880
What skills and experience we're looking for
About You:
Thesuccessful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following
- Experience of working with children and their families of the relevant age in a learning environment.
- Experience Working in Education setting.
- Experience of working with children with challenging behaviour.
- Knowledge / understanding of Education in relation to school attendance, children’s right to an education and legislation in these areas.
- Ability to create inspiring targeted pupil support plans based on a pupil’s needs to improve attendance and academic progress.
What the school offers its staff
Truro and Penwith Academy Trustare seeking to appoint anEducation Welfare Officer to ensure that all schools are adhering to the Trust’s tiered response to target pupils with poor attendance, providing direct support to headteachers and pastoral teams to ensure that all barriers to pupil’s attendance are considered, supported and resolved through successful pupil support plans and/or statutory intervention. This is a key role where strong communication and organisational skills will be key to ensuring strong relationships are built with a range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers, volunteers, governors and trustees to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks and will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check, a Safeguarding Self-Declaration Form and satisfactory online searches undertaken.
Applying for the job
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View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Truro & Penwith Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- recruitment@tpacademytrust.org
- Phone number
- 01872 613101
Truro and Penwith Academy Trust supports primary and secondary schools in Cornwall. We believe all children and young people should have the best possible life chances and we do this with a relentless drive for the highest possible level of achievement involving academic, creative, sporting and cultural opportunities. We have a shared moral purpose and a shared vision in our schools while celebrating the unique and distinctive features of our school communities within their local context. We genuinely believe in partnership working with our schools, the pupils and their parents and the wider community as each serves to create the best possible outcomes for our children and young people.
We also believe that our teachers, leaders and support teams are deeply committed to providing a well-rounded, inspirational, challenging and character-building education for all students throughout their time with us. We are proud to empower them through support, training and career opportunities. With such an outstanding team we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of background, culture, heritage or ability.
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