Welfare Officer with Administrative duties

North Brent School, London, NW10 2UF

37 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  22 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 July 2025

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: £24,538.00 Annually (Actual)

Welfare Officer with Administrative duties job summary

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK

About Us:

North Brent School, part of the Wembley Multi-Academy Trust, is a vibrant institution dedicated to providing high-quality education and fostering a supportive community for our students and staff. We are seeking a highly organised Welfare Officer.

Role Overview:

The Welfare Officer with Administrative Duties of the Trust ensures the smooth operation of welfare, attendance, and administrative process to support the overall functioning of the school. The successful candidate will provide high-quality welfare and administrative support, and work with families and staff to promote attendance and engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

Pastoral Support:

• Support pupils during times of transition, crisis or reintegration after absence, dealing with day to day queries.
• Liaise with staff, parents, and external services to ensure pupils’ wellbeing needs are met.
• Promote a positive and inclusive school environment that supports pupils.
• Act as first point of contact for pupils, including providing general welfare support for pupils.

Attendance & Welfare:

• Managing pupil absence including liaising with Heads of Year, parents and outside agencies.
• Prepare reports and documentation for meeting including external agencies.
• Organise and minute meetings involving pupils, parents/carers, or external agencies.
• Preparing weekly reports on students’ lateness and contacting parents regarding this.

Administrative Duties:

• Provide effective and efficient general office support.
• To update and maintain students records in SIMS.
• To collect and update information on all new students starting in Year 7.
• Ensure that attendance records are up-to-date including all interventions and meetings.
• Generating the appropriate letters home.
• Keeping all pupil records including health records up to date, maintaining accident/incident reports, and updating associated records.
• Support with data entry, and administration related to safeguarding, wellbeing, or referrals.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times and comply with data protection regulations.

Additional Duties:

• Provide occasional cover on the school reception and supporting the school with general administrative tasks such as answering the phones, responding to emails, photocopying and filing.
• Invigilate exams.
• Provide lunchtime supervision for students.
• Support pastoral or whole school events as required.
• Provide administrative support for Parents’ Evenings, Open Days, and other school events.

For further information about the school, please visit our website. If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us at reception@whtc.co.uk

Wembley Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applicants. Early applications are encouraged and the Trust reserves the right to withdraw this post should an appointment be made early.

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.

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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 North Brent School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 308 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Brent School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-brent-school

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