Achieving for Children Hiring for Education Welfare Officer Job at Twickenham, England Full Time

About the role

The service works closely with schools, multi-agency teams, families and other partners and commissioners across Kingston and Richmond local authority areas to improve educational outcomes for vulnerable children and young people. The service’s key role is ensuring that the statutory duties are fulfilled. Due to this team and the supportive work that they provide, attendance in our Kingston and Richmond schools are among the very best in the country.

As an Education Welfare Officer for Achieving for Children you will be responsible for:

• Supporting children, young people and their families to return to full-time education where they may have additional needs and attendance issues
• Working directly with schools by providing guidance to reduce school absence and initiate legal proceedings on persistent absent pupils
• Providing a service delivery in a number of primary and secondary school settings across both boroughs
• Managing a caseload of children and young people with a range of needs to enable positive outcome, promote school attendance and reduce risk factors
• Supporting the commissioning arrangements in order to provide service delivery

For an informal discussion about these roles please contact Diana Percival, Head of Education Welfare, at [email protected]

About you

To be an Education Welfare Officer for AfC, you will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people as well as demonstrating the following points

• Experience of working in a similar role in an education setting or children’s service where you work collaboratively with a range of professionals, as well as those in an interest in working with children and young people who have emotional based school refusal.
• Experience in a similar role working with both schools and other services within an education setting or similar
• Ability to analyse and understand attendance data in order to assist in the reduction of school absence
• Strong communication and organisational skills with the ability to form good working relationships with a range of internal and external colleagues
• Passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people
• Solution focused with experience building and maintaining strong partnerships and working on solutions to challenges with a diverse set of stakeholders; including children, young people and their families
• Knowledge of statutory legislation, policy, guidance and procedures (for example The Education Act Children’s Act 1996)

About our benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to work remotely. In AfC you will also have access to:

• Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
• Stable and supportive leadership
• Hybrid and mobile working with latest technology to facilitate this
• Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
• Holiday package upto 34 days per year with option to purchase additional leave
• Flexible working options – helping to keep a good work life balance
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, offering support for the whole family
• A range of staff benefits and discounts
• A excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children

Important Information

Start dates: Achieving for Children have fixed start dates, candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.

Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.

Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.