Education Welfare Officer

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Harris Federation Full time

**Summary**
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-related duties and attendance data across our student body.

**About Us**
Our vision is simple - **_‘To develop aspirational young people who thrive in a changing world'_**. Students are at the centre of everything we do and we aim to give all the necessary foundations for success by helping students develop the skills and attributes that will provide them with real life-chances. Students are expected to work hard and to achieve their individual best academically, to develop skills relevant to the 21st Century and to develop the self-confidence and sense of purpose necessary for them to successfully thrive in a highly competitive global society. Harris Academy Battersea provides a safe, yet challenging environment where students can succeed and excel, and by having the highest of expectations.

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 summer we 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_**.

**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

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