Education Welfare Officer Grade 7 - £29,093 FTE Actual Salary £26,552 Permanent, 37hpw, Term Time plus 2 weeks APPLICATION DEADLINE – 11 th August 2025 at 9am Are you looking for a new challenge in an innovative and supportive 11-18 Catholic school? Cardinal Griffin Catholic College, a Catholic secondary school committed to nurturing academic and personal development, is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Education Welfare Officer. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing student attendance, ensuring compliance with school policies and statutory regulations. Your efforts will directly contribute to student welfare and success, fostering a positive learning environment. About the role: We are seeking to recruit an Education Welfare Officer who will be responsible for improving school attendance, who will also act as family liaison/support and lead co-ordinated support. The successful candidate will work directly with parents to help them understand and fulfil their legal responsibilities in relation to school attendance. They will be required to work with both the school and other external agencies to reduce persistent absence, improve social/educational inclusion, and behaviour. This role will require the successful candidate to be the school’s Deputy Safeguarding Lead. APPLICATION DEADLINE – 11th August 2025 at 9am *The College reserves the right to interview as soon as it has a suitable field of candidates and so encourages early applications* For enquiries, further details and application forms please contact Mrs H Tapper at recruitment@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk Why Cardinal Griffin Catholic College? With a strong Catholic ethos that puts ‘love’ at the heart of its community, the school provides a haven where all can flourish. Situated just outside the town centre and easily accessed by train, bus or the M6, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is proud of its strong community links and its beautiful grounds. You will have the opportunity to: benefit from two days of personalised CPD entitlement designed by you; work in a supportive working environment within a faith-based educational community; to work in collaboration, with outstanding specialists, across the Painsley family of schools. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings cautions and convictions in your application form. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted. Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, candidates should note that it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Our Safeguarding Policy can be found at https://www.cardinalgriffin.org.uk/docs/policies/Safeguarding_Policy_2024 25.pdf