Education Welfare Officer x 1

Directorate: Children & Family Services

Section: Education Welfare

Grade: Level 9

Salary: £33,124.67 - £35,665.78 (under 5 years local government service)

£33,874.74 - £36,473.38 (over 5 years local government service)

Hours: 37

This advert is open to Internal and External applicants.

You will be responsible for providing a high quality education welfare service to school age children, schools and settings in Stoke-on-Trent.

You will:

1. Ensure that all children of compulsory school age receive education as required by law.
2. Take prompt action when appropriate to resolve or prevent attendance or welfare problems, considering the use of parental responsibility measures and escalating any cases through the formal court proceedings where required.
3. Work in partnership with children, young people, parents/carers and education settings to understand and remove barriers that prevent children and young people attending school as expected.
4. Work in partnership with schools, alternative providers and independent settings to implement the DFE’s Working Together to Improve Attendance Guidance.
5. Work with schools to ensure effective attendance processes are developed and implemented.

You will have proven experience of working with children, young people, families and within education and have in-depth experience and knowledge of preventative and statutory education welfare strategies and school attendance legislation.

You will also be able to build effective working relationships and be persuasive, persistent and challenging when required.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy, their application will receive priority. If this happens, you will be advised accordingly.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together.

To Apply - please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/. If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.