Education Welfare Officer
Beechwood School
Slough
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- NJC Scale 6, points 18-22 plus Outer London fringe allowance (e.g. pro-rata salary inclusive £23,576 - £25,204 depending on experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As Soon As Possible
- Apply by:
- 6 December 2024
Job overview
We are looking for an ambitious, proactive and focussed person to work closely with our parents and carers, whether inside or outside school to help overcome students’ barriers to learning, to access education and achieve their potential. This will involve maintaining regular contact, visiting them in the community, putting interventions in place, liaising with relevant staff and professionals to ensure parents and carers are consistently engaged in students’ development and progress.
You will be able to communicate effectively at all levels to resolve issues affecting students’ access to education therefore being purposeful in identifying and resolving problems and providing challenge where necessary. You will be confident about pursuing legal sanctions and acting as a witness in the event of proceedings. You will be computer literate and possess good data skills to be able to record the information received.
Previous experience of working with children, young people and their families is required, preferably but not exclusively within an educational setting. You will need to be enthusiastic, committed to the values of education, have strong IT skills and be able to organise your work efficiently and effectively.
32.5 hours per week (8.30am – 3.30pm Monday to Friday)
Term Time plus one week, plus Inset days
Rate of Pay – NJC Scale 6, points 18-22 plus Outer London fringe allowance
(e.g. pro-rata salary inclusive £23,576 - £25,204 depending on experience)
We offer a generous annual leave entitlement for support staff
For further details and an application pack please contact Jyoti Kumar, Trust HR Officer on 01753 520473 or via email to
j.kumar@beechwood.slough.sch.uk. Informal discussions and visits to our schools are always welcome.
Deadline for applications: Friday 6 December 2024
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date for an exceptional candidate. As part of our due diligence checks, the school will carry out an online search for short listed candidates.
The Schelwood Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The appointment will be subject to a clear Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and as part of our due diligence checks, the school will carry out an online search for short listed candidates.
CV’s are not acceptable.
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About Beechwood School
Beechwood School is a co-educational secondary school located in the Britwell area of Slough and was established in 1982 when the former Haymill and Warren Field Secondary schools merged on the Warren Field site. The current school was built under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) scheme and completed in 2007. Students and staff are proud of the large and extensive facility the school operates in.
In October 2016 Beechwood School and Herschel Grammar School joined together as founding partners of The Schelwood Multi-Academy Trust. Our Trust is an exciting and innovative partnership of two co-educational secondary schools - Herschel Grammar is a selective school and Beechwood a community school both founding partners.
At both schools our aim is for our students to have a great and memorable educational experience via access to a curriculum that supports outstanding learning, development and achievement in both academia and personal development. Our school communities are diverse academically, socially, culturally indeed in every dimension and we celebrate this.
All staff, students, governors, trustees and members share a commitment to the values and ethos of the Trust and this ensures we put our young people at the very heart of every decision that is made. We ensure that our young people develop the skills, qualities and attributes to enable them to pursue and enjoy successful and fulfilling lives, both professionally and personally. Our young people’s happiness and success is what drives us.
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and to ensure that all members of the Trust school community experience an ethos of fairness, justice and dignity.
We recognise, welcome and respect diversity.
Beechwood's Mission Statement
To provide an exceptional educational experience for all, where potential is nurtured and responsible citizens created.
Everything that we do will be built around three values: Kindness, Respect and Excellence . Our expectations as a school are high because we know the potential each of our students has. If they make themselves proud and our parents are proud of their achievements, then we have done our job.
Our mission is to provide an exceptional educational experience for all, where potential is nurtured and responsible citizens created. Across the school we strive to embody this in every aspect of each student's educational journey.
Every moment is a learning moment : from Year 7 to Year 13; from the moment students arrive in the morning, until the moment they leave at the end of the day. Ultimately preparing our students to lead successful and fulfilling lives beyond the Beechwood School community.
Anita Spires
Headteacher
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