Education Welfare Officer - London, United Kingdom - Harris Federation

Harris Federation

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Do you have experience working with at-risk students and or overseeing educational welfare? Support our students as Education Welfare Officer.

We are looking for an dedicated and experienced individual to join Harris Academy Battersea, overseeing welfare-relatedduties and attendance data across our student body.

About Us

Harris Academy Battersea is an 'outstanding' academy (Ofsted 2018) with national achievements, and we pride ourselves on the educational experience we give our students.

?Harris Academy Battersea has an enviable reputation for academic success and each summerwe celebrate impressive examination results both at GCSE and A Level.

Our success is down to the hard work of our students, our excellent teachers, a broad and varied academic curriculum and an educational environment emphasising our core values of _knowledge, integrity and resilience_.

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Main Areas of Responsibility

The Education Welfare Officer will be expected to:

Oversee Educational Welfare across the academy
Manage a caseload of 'at risk' students, where attendance falls below 85% and implement strategies to improve attendance. Educational Welfare Officer to ensure that prompt, consistent and rigorous intervention with poor attendance is robust.
Have responsibility for monitoring the attendance of most vulnerable students at the academy, including Looked after students, those on the child protection register, children identified as being in need either by Academy staff or external agencies.
Manage the process of addressing poor attendance across the academy. Organising meetings as appropriate for vulnerable students ensuring all external agencies and relevant staff are invited.
Representing the academy at external meetings e.g. Social Services Case Conferences, Child in Need Meetings, LAC Reviews.
Line Manage the Attendance Officer; managing and monitoring workload, setting targets and developing strategy within the welfare team.
Liaise with Academy Leadership Group to address any attendance or welfare concerns.
Assist with the smooth running of the student information centre (SIC), ensuring support for students has a positive impact on raising achievement.
To communicate effectively with all external agencies including possible alternative providers e.g. Special schools, LEA and other external agencies including CAMHs, Social Services, Police etc.
To ensure effective communication/consultation as appropriate with the parents of students through phone, letter and home visits as relevant, ensuring student contracts are agreed and monitored.
Liaise with the local authority when cases of poor attendance reach the level of legal intervention. Manage the process of evidence sharing and represent the relevant academy at court were necessary.

Other Duties

Maintaining the confidential records of support for all students referred.
The preparation of reports and maintaining records relating to student referrals and subsequent counselling or support from academy staff or other agencies.
To be responsible for own professional development, identifying training needs and requesting courses as appropriate.

Qualifications & Experience

Degree, or equivalent
Knowledge of the Academy behaviour for learning policy
Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
Basic knowledge of first aid; e.g. emergency first aid course
Three years' experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment in a pastoral capacity
Experience of dealing successfully with a range of issues influencing poor attendance
Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent standards of attendance and punctuality are maintained
Experience of working with families
Experience of working with challenging students and parents, and finding ways in which we can meet their needs more successfully

Personal Skills & Qualities

Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice
Understanding of principles of student development and learning processes
Ability to plan effective actions for pupils at risk of underachieving
Effective use of ICT
Understanding of a range of welfare issues that may be affecting students and their families.
Welldeveloped interpersonal skills to be able to relate well to a wide range of people
Work constructively as part of a team whilst being able to demonstrate initiative.

Professional Development & Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success.

We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre.

We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide rangeof top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days'annual leave (plus bank holidays) for non term-time only employees, and many other benefits.

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