Education Welfare Officer
| Posting date: | 09 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £33,699 to £38,220 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 December 2025 |
| Location: | Lichfield, WS13 7SQ |
| Company: | Staffordshire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | staffscc/TP/212/3841 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Education Welfare Officer. This role is vital in supporting children and families to overcome barriers to education and improve school attendance across Staffordshire.
Main ResponsibilitiesYou have experience of school attendance work, who is able to:
- Work collaboratively with central and district colleagues to manage a high caseload of children under statutory action, including the process towards S444 1 and S444 1A, School Attendance Orders, Education Supervision Orders, Section 19 Assessments, and tracing Children Missing Education.
- Provide advice and share best practice between schools and trusts
- Act as the named officer for allocated Staffordshire schools, delivering targeted support meetings.
- Organise district meetings to share good practice with schools.
- Support children to access education and work with internal and external partner agencies.
- Advise on complex issues such as school attendance, access to education, part-time timetables, child employment, and entertainment licensing.
The Ideal Candidate
You will be:
- Passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people.
- Skilled in building strong relationships with schools, families, and partner agencies.
- Able to manage a varied caseload and work independently.
- Knowledgeable about statutory responsibilities relating to school attendance and education access.
The role is based at The Old House in Lichfield, with travel to Stafford and across the district as required.
Interested? For more information about the role, please contact:
Alison Duggan, Deputy Head of Attendance and Inclusion
alison.duggan@staffordshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held between 8am and 11.30 on 19th December, 2025 at Staffordshire Place
We’re happy to talk flexible working.
Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.
About Staffordshire County CouncilWe are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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