Education Welfare Officer

Education Welfare Officer

Scale – 6

36 hours per week – Term Time Only

“Seeking excellence, success & opportunity in an inspiring community where students and learning come first”

A fully inclusive school in the heart of the redeveloping Docklands region of East London

Head Teacher Joan Deslandes MA

This vibrant 11-16 school with a roll of 1500 students has excellent facilities in all subject areas. Kingsford Community School is committed to high quality inclusive education for students of whom fifty per cent are multi-lingual.

The school has achieved a range of nationally accredited awards and was rated by Ofsted in 2017 as Good with Outstanding Leadership and Behaviour.

Would you like to move your career forward in a friendly environment with eager students and support from an experienced pastoral team. If you are an inspiring, enthusiastic Education Welfare Officer who recognises that the best practitioners always want to improve, we would like to talk to you.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward thinking community school. The successful candidate will be working with young people, families and other agencies to identify barriers to good attendance and the cause of persistent absence. With experience of working as an Education Welfare Officer or similar role, the successful candidate will promote equality of opportunity for all children, to enable access to an appropriate educational entitlement. The candidate will promote a positive attendance and punctuality culture.

The position is an exciting opportunity for someone with the drive and passion to make an improvement in attendance across the school.

For this post, we are looking to appoint someone who:

• Has experience in dealing with other agencies and carrying out home visits
• Has experience of working with pupils representing a range of abilities and is sensitive to the medical needs of those with Special Educational Needs
• Is able to complete administrative tasks using a range of Microsoft Office formats.

 
We can offer        

• A committed, supportive and successful team

• Encouragement for professional development, innovation and creativity

The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Only applications submitted on the schools agreed application form will be considered.

Kingsford Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in accordance with DFE Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment regulations. The school expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For any further enquiries regarding this vacancy, please email our recruitment team at: recruitment@kingsford.newham.sch.uk or telephone on 020 7476 4700.

The closing date for receiving completed application forms is 9.00 a.m. 15th August 2018