Education Support Worker (ESW)
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Student Services, Wellbeing Team
37 hrs per week, 52 weeks per year, permanent
£27,151 - £28,976 per annum
The purpose of the Education Support Worker (ESW) role is to support a group of students, defined by the College as vulnerable young people. This includes students that are currently or have previously been Looked After.
You will join a busy team in our student services Wellbeing team where you will support a caseload of students to engage well with their education and therefore to have the best chance of being successful on their course. You will work closely with a wide variety of professionals including our internal college wellbeing and teaching delivery teams as well as external social workers, support workers and carers from different Local Authorities.
The role is focussed on co-ordinating and contributing to support meetings such as Personal Education Plan (PEP) meetings, communicating planned targets, actions, and progress to teaching delivery staff, parents / carers, and managers as well as monitoring and supporting individual students to so that they are able to maintain consistent attendance and achievement on their chosen course.
A thorough understanding of Looked After Children (LAC), Leaving Care, and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) processes, along with insight into the barriers to learning commonly faced by this cohort, is essential for success in this role.
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Closing date: Tuesday 18th November 2025 at Midnight
Interview date: Wednesday 26th November 2025
As a College we are required to undertake various Safer Recruitment checks as set out within the guidance from the Department for Education Keeping Child Safe in Education. We require all staff to undertake an enhanced Adult and Child Workforce DBS Check and to register with the DBS Update Service. Please note: From 28 November 2020 the government implemented changes to the filtering rules, and we have been instructed that we cannot accept any update service checks on DBS certificates that have been issued before this date. Therefore, a new one must be completed with City College Norwich.