Education Welfare Officer at Learning Academies Trust

Expired

Job Reference #

EDV/2025/LAT/80396

Location

Central Trust Office C/O Salisbury Road Primary School, Salisbury Road, Plymouth, , PL4 8QZ

Contract Type

Permanent

Contract Term

Full-Time

Salary

£32,645.00 - £34,906.00 Annually (Actual)
Hours/weeks: 37 Hours per week / 41 Weeks per year

Closing Date

9:00am, 2nd Apr 2025

Start Date

As soon as possible

Positions Available

Positions Available 1

Interview Date(s)

4th April 2025

Interview Date(s) 4th April 2025

About this Role

Are you passionate about supporting children and families to overcome barriers to education? Do you have the skills to ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive in school? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The Learning Academies Trust have an exciting opportunity for an Education Welfare Officer to support schools within the Trust. The EWO will help to improve attendance by building meaningful relationships with families, promoting positive attitudes towards regular attendance and enable the Trust to fulfil their legal requirements.

The successful candidate will:

Have a thorough knowledge of legislation relating to school attendance, children missing education, elective home education and of legal interventions that are used as part of the suite of interventions for attendance.
Have experience of working with schools on attendance related issues and have extensive experience of working with multi -agency partners.
Be expected to conduct home visits and work independently, demonstrating initiative. A strong understanding of child safeguarding is essential.
Demonstrate excellent organisational skills to maintain accurate records and maintain databases.
Be an effective communicator, capable of engaging with parents, carers and children and external agencies.

About the Trust

The Learning Academies Trust is a family of 18 schools across Plymouth and surrounding areas, dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust’s mission is:

Together we will… work with our children, families, and communities to provide exceptional learning opportunities for all our children

As part of the trust, we will support you to learn and develop, providing outstanding CPD and opportunities for collaboration between schools within the trust sharing resources, expertise and knowledge.

Further information about the position, the trust and the benefits we offer can be found in the attached recruitment pack.

To request a tour of the Trust or to discuss the role in anyway please contact the HR Team 01752 914160.

If you believe you can demonstrate the dedication, skills and passion required, we look forward to receiving your application. If there are no vacancies currently, but you would like to register your interest for future vacancies, please join our talent pool and we will be in touch as soon as we have a suitable position.

Please note, the closing date is for guidance only. Successful applicants will be invited to interview at the earliest available opportunity. Learning Academies Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

With 18 individual primary schools, the Learning Academies Trust is the largest primary school trust in Plymouth and the first education employer in Plymouth to achieve the Livewell Southwest Wellbeing at Work Bronze Award. The Trust is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all staff and is proud to work closely with official bodies to ensure we have a holistic approach to staff wellbeing.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.