About this role
We are looking to appoint a highly effective communicator with excellent interpersonal skills to provide strong education welfare support across our Trust. The Education Welfare Officer will be responsible for the operation and delivery of the Trust’s in-house attendance strategies, working closely with families and school leaders to improve student engagement and raise attendance levels.
The successful candidate will be a highly skilled specialist practitioner with expertise in removing barriers to education through targeted family casework and statutory intervention. You will have the knowledge and experience to lead on raising attendance levels for persistent and severely absent pupils, using a nurturing, “Safeguarding First” approach and demonstrating the Trust’s mindset of Unconditional Positive Regard.