Education Welfare Officer
SO1 (£33,366 - £37,938)
37 Hours, Full Time
Temporary, 1 year
Hybrid - Office base at Stopford House with opportunity to combine with work from home
Application Deadline: 11:59pm 10 March 2025
Shortlisting Date: 12 March 2025
Interview Date: 20 March 2025
Interview Type: Face to face
Your Role
Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can support schools, families and children with specialist educational needs? The Education Welfare Service is seeking an enthusiastic, professional and skilled individual to support the local authority’s statutory duties relating to school attendance and education access. This role is a temporary secondment due to a temporary promotion within the team.
You will provide advice, support and guidance to families, schools and other Council services about school attendance and education access. This role supports the communication and advice to Specialist Provisions in the Stockport Area, by completing the termly attendance meetings. Additionally, you will complete case work for children within the EHC needs assessment or those who have an EHCP within mainstream settings and are struggling to attend school. Education Welfare Officers are expected to work across or support other areas of the service’s duties where needed, providing a great opportunity for the successful applicant to gain experience and develop skills/knowledge across a range of areas.
About You
We are looking for someone with a ‘can do’ approach and significant experience of engaging with and providing support and advice to young people and their families, with particular skills in negotiating and advocating on behalf of others. The successful applicant will also have experience of multi-agency and partnership working, ideally within a school, education or local authority setting.
Applicants should have excellent administration and communication skills, both verbal and written, and have experience of managing sensitive and challenging conversations and situations. They must demonstrate resilience and the ability to work flexibly, prioritise workload, meet deadlines, and problem-solve in a reactive working environment.
About Us
You will join a proactive, friendly and supportive team within the Education Welfare Service, working alongside colleagues dealing with attendance, elective home education, education provision for children unable to attend school due to health needs, and children missing education. As part of Stockport Family, we are committed to providing high-quality services to children, young people and their families. We provide an excellent working environment where you will feel valued and supported, and will offer excellent training and professional development opportunities.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more, please contact Alison Luke on 07813993475 for an informal discussion about the role.
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence, but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.
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