Malvern Vale Primary School
112 Swinyard Road
Malvern
Worcestershire WR14 1GU
FTE £25,419 - £27,514
NOR: 372
Dear Applicant,
The Role: Education Welfare Officer
Mercian Educational Trust is looking to appoint an Educational Welfare Officer to join our team within our Multi Academy Trust School Support Department.
The successful candidate will work with Mercian Educational Trust schools and partner schools we support through Service Level Agreements. The role of the Education Welfare Officer is to work within school attendance policy and procedures to improve levels of attendance. The role involves working closely with school leaders, pupils/students and parents/carers to improve and sustain excellent attendance.
As an approachable and knowledgeable Education Welfare Officer you will be able to apply a range of strategies to help pupils engage in learning and achievement. You will have a clear understanding of the roles parents/carers and schools have in relation to attendance, behaviour and achievement and a knowledge of legislation relating to School Attendance.
In line with Safer Recruitment Protocols applications must be made on the Trust Support Staff application form, which is available on our web site (https://www.metacademies.org.uk/vacancies/)
The Recruitment process:
Mercian Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
All positions are subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post, which will include an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for the children’s workforce and a Children’s Barred List check
All applicants are required to fully complete the correct application form which is freely available from our Trust website, https://www.metacademies.org.uk/vacancies/. Applications or CVs in any other form will not be accepted.
We look forward to receiving your application via email to office@metacademies.org.uk by Friday 14th October 2022.
Following the closing date above, the Trust Executive Leadership and Trustees will shortlist candidates and invite those successful to interview via an email invitation. Shortlisting will be based on the applicants’ suitability for the post linked to the job description and person specification, please make sure your application matches these requirements.
Interviews will be held in person during the week beginning 17th October 2022.
The closing date for applications is on Friday 14th October 2022. Applicants will be invited to interview via email following shortlisting during that week.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Yours faithfully,
Stuart Busby
(School Improvement Officer)
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Hours / FTE |
Up to 15 hours 0.4 FTE, Term Time Only |
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Permanent / Fixed Term |
Part-time Permanent |
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Scale |
SCP 18-22 Scale 6 |
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Salary Range |
£8,587 - £9,294 |
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Mercian Educational Trust is looking to appoint an Educational Welfare Officer on a part time basis to join our team within our Multi Academy Trust School Support Department. We are seeking someone to work 2 days per week although flexibility on days and hours will be considered. The successful candidate will work with Mercian Educational Trust schools and partner schools we support through Service Level Agreements. The role of the Education Welfare Officer is to work within school attendance policy and procedures to improve levels of attendance. The role involves working closely with school leaders, pupils/students and parents/carers to improve and sustain excellent attendance. As an approachable and knowledgeable Education Welfare Officer you will be able to apply a range of strategies to help pupils engage in learning and achievement. You will have a clear understanding of the roles parents/carers and schools have in relation to attendance, behaviour and achievement and a knowledge of legislation relating to School Attendance. In line with Safer Recruitment Protocols applications must be made on the Trust Support Staff application form, which is available on our web site (https://www.metacademies.org.uk/vacancies/) |
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Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment Mercian Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As part of this commitment any job offer will be subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post, which will include an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for the children’s workforce and a Children’s Barred List check |
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This role involves Regular contact with children. The role requires engagement in regulated activity relevant to children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. |
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For further application information forms please visit >> www.metacademies.org.uk/vacancies/ Completed applications should be returned to office@metacademies.org.uk |
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Closing date: |
Friday 14th October 2022. |
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Job Title: |
Education Welfare Officer |
Salary Scale Point: |
Scale Point 6 NJC 18-22 |
This role involves Regular contact with children. The role requires engagement in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Staff will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
This job description will be reviewed annually by the designated Line Manager they reserve the right to alter the content of this job description, after consultation with the post-holder, to reflect changes to the job or services provided, without altering the general character or level of responsibility.
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Mercian Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As part of this commitment any job offer will be subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post, which will include an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for the children’s workforce and a Children’s Barred List check.