Education Welfare Officer

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a highly effective communicator with excellent interpersonal skills to provide strong education welfare support across our Trust. The Education Welfare Officer will be responsible for the operation and delivery of the Trust’s in‑house attendance strategies, working closely with families and school leaders to improve student engagement and raise attendance levels.

The successful candidate will be a highly skilled specialist practitioner with expertise in removing barriers to education through targeted family casework and statutory intervention. You will have the knowledge and experience to lead on raising attendance levels for persistent and severely absent pupils, using a nurturing, “Safeguarding First” approach and demonstrating the Trust’s mindset of Unconditional Positive Regard.

The Collegiate Trust is a family of nine schools, primary and secondary, located in the Croydon and Crawley areas, educating children and young people from three to nineteen years of age with a clear vision to deliver exceptional education for all. The Central Team is mainly based at the founding school of the Trust, Riddles down Collegiate—a large, outstanding (OFSTED, March 2023) secondary school in Croydon with a longstanding reputation for high standards and an exceptional education.

We care about our staff’s health and wellbeing and offer a number of benefits that can be found on our website at Benefits of Working with TCT | The Collegiate Trust. We continually strive to improve our employee experience, ensuring staff wellbeing is at the forefront of our decision making. We offer generous holiday and salary opportunities and are dedicated to ensuring professional development opportunities for all our staff.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical, online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.