Education Welfare Officer
| Posting date: | 26 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2024 |
| Location: | Truro, Not recorded, TR4 9LD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | daef7bf7-4c6b-41e5-aa88-a6de6926734b |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
To ensure the schools adhere to the Trusts Attendance Strategy and where appropriate discharge the Local Education Authority’s duties concerning school attendance and the welfare of children under the Education Act and 1989 Children Act (Education Supervision Orders)
To provide a professional service to identify and assess the needs of children where there is concern in relation to school attendance, behaviour, achievement and their general welfare. To take consistent and effective action in line with the Trust’s Attendance Strategy to improve pupil attendance and reduce persistent absence from school.
What the school offers its staff
Truro & Penwith Academy Trust (TPAT) is a trust of 34 schools from the Lands End peninsula to Liskeard. We have a shared mission to improve life chances for all children and young people in our schools.
We believe all children and young people are entitled to an excellent education and our schools are deeply committed to working with some of our most vulnerable and deprived communities. We are proud of our inclusive approach to curriculum whereby adaptations ensure all pupils have access to an ambitious curriculum.
Our schools are developing greater alignment in our use of technology through our Advantage programme of digital transformation, establishing core expectations around assessment and feedback.
We operate across three geographic hubs and we are establishing our fourth hub for south west Cornwall. Hubs provide opportunity for teachers, leaders and support teams to meet, share practice and continuously improve our education provision.
As a trust we deliver a full range of central services from an extensive professional team based in Truro. We offer HR, financial management, operations and estate management, health and safety, corporate governance and IT service support to all schools.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers, volunteers, governors and trustees to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks and will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check, a Safeguarding Self-Declaration Form and satisfactory online searches undertaken.
To ensure the schools adhere to the Trusts Attendance Strategy and where appropriate discharge the Local Education Authority’s duties concerning school attendance and the welfare of children under the Education Act and 1989 Children Act (Education Supervision Orders)
To provide a professional service to identify and assess the needs of children where there is concern in relation to school attendance, behaviour, achievement and their general welfare. To take consistent and effective action in line with the Trust’s Attendance Strategy to improve pupil attendance and reduce persistent absence from school.
What the school offers its staff
Truro & Penwith Academy Trust (TPAT) is a trust of 34 schools from the Lands End peninsula to Liskeard. We have a shared mission to improve life chances for all children and young people in our schools.
We believe all children and young people are entitled to an excellent education and our schools are deeply committed to working with some of our most vulnerable and deprived communities. We are proud of our inclusive approach to curriculum whereby adaptations ensure all pupils have access to an ambitious curriculum.
Our schools are developing greater alignment in our use of technology through our Advantage programme of digital transformation, establishing core expectations around assessment and feedback.
We operate across three geographic hubs and we are establishing our fourth hub for south west Cornwall. Hubs provide opportunity for teachers, leaders and support teams to meet, share practice and continuously improve our education provision.
As a trust we deliver a full range of central services from an extensive professional team based in Truro. We offer HR, financial management, operations and estate management, health and safety, corporate governance and IT service support to all schools.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers, volunteers, governors and trustees to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks and will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check, a Safeguarding Self-Declaration Form and satisfactory online searches undertaken.