Student Welfare Officer

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom Harris Federation Full time

Looking to support your local academy? We are looking for a engaging and committed Student Welfare Officer to assist in student welfare across Harris Academy Chobham.

**About Us**

Chobham Academy is always on the lookout for inspirational and influential staff. Most of all, we are on the lookout for potential colleagues who like our students and want to help them succeed. In order to help our staff have the best possible experienceand achieve a proper work
- life balance, we have put into place a range of measures to benefit both our teaching and students services colleagues.
These include:

- An extra week of holiday for all Chobham staff. This takes the form of a two-week half term in October. We work fewer days than most other schools.
- Outstanding professional development both at Chobham and through the wider Harris Federation
- Excellent promotion opportunities
- A constant dialogue about workload and how to manage it most effectively
- Rapid and effective support with any student behavioural issues arising
- A high-quality staff induction programme
- Nursery on site
- Flexible and part time working encouraged whenever possible

**Main Areas of Responsibility**

Student Support
- Maintaining the register of vulnerable students. This to include looked after students, those on the child protection register, refugees, YOT or children identified as being in need either by Academy staff or external agencies. To ensure that this informationis circulated on a need to know basis;
- To organise meetings as appropriate for vulnerable students ensuring all external agencies and relevant staff are invited. Preparing paperwork as appropriate and taking minutes where required;
- To assist in home visits as appropriate;
- To administer correspondence and collate information for students who are attending respite or off-site provision;
- To maintain the register and tracking systems for students on PSP (At risk of permanent exclusion);
- To organise PSP review meetings as appropriate ensuring all external agencies and relevant staff are invited. Preparing paperwork as appropriate and taking minutes where required;
- Ensuring 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 eg. Special schools, LEA and other external agencies;
- To manage the appointments for external services to meet with students and families. Eg. Educational Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Councillor, as requested by the SENCO;
- To ensure effective communication/consultation as appropriate with the parents of students through phone, letter and website as relevant;
- Providing and maintaining communication links with medical, social and other external agencies e.g. CAMHS ( Children Adolescent Mental Health Service), Individual Tuition Units, Local Authorities, Social Service Departments, Youth Offending Team and Policefor the purpose of providing and sharing relevant information on students;
- The preparation of reports and maintaining records relating to student referrals and subsequent counselling or support from academy staff or other agencies;
- Representing the academy at case conferences by providing the necessary information on a student and reporting back to appropriate academy staff.

Attendance and Punctuality
- To cover for Attendance Manager in his/her absence

Other Duties
- Maintaining the student's files, ensuring confidentiality at all times;
- To support with students referred for unsatisfactory uniform, including supervision of make-up and nail varnish removal. This will include logging of incidents and contact with home and sending home to change where appropriate after gaining authority froma VP or the Principal;
- To support with initial assessment of student medical requirements and delegation to First Aid trained staff/ emergency services as appropriate;
- Providing advice and counselling to students as required;
- Supervision of students whilst waiting for appropriate action to be agreed/taken;
- Meeting parents/carers, including making home visits where required;
- To maintain a tidy, organised and professional working environment at all times;
- To ensure the academy health and safety policies and practices, including risk assessments, throughout the department are in line with national requirements and are updated where necessary;
- Referring cases where appropriate to the named person with responsibility for child protection

**Qualifications & Experience**
- Educated degree standard or equivalent
- Sound Knowledge of Microsoft software
- Knowledge of CMIS system for input and export of student data for students on the SEN profile
- Knowledge of SEN
- Knowledge of the range of agencies that work with students and their families
- Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
- Basic knowledge of first aid; e.g. emergency first aid course
- Basic knowledge of a range of special needs terms and their meanings
- Knowledge of many of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
- 3 years' experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment
- Experience of setting up multi agency meetings, taking and circulating minutes as appropriate.
- Experience of managing SEN administration
- Experience in a similar role
- Experience of working with young people with learning needs
- Experience of working with young people with challenging behaviour

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