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Education Welfare Officer

Education Welfare Officer

Outwood Academy Riverside

Middlesbrough

  • New
  • Expiring soon
Salary:
£28,663 to £31,021 (actual)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
4 November 2024

Job overview

37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, Term Time + 15 days 

Outwood Academy Riverside, founded in September 2020 through the Free Schools Programme, implements the Riverside values program for all students at the start of every academic year.

The academy is dedicated to the wide variety of students who enrol, ensuring strong routines and top-notch pastoral care for all pupils.

Located at Russell Street, Middlesbrough, Outwood Academy Riverside is set to have a new school built on Pioneering Way close to Middlesbrough College. Additionally, a satellite site in Eston will open in September 2024 as the school continues to grow.

About the Role

As an EWO, you will join our team and play a critical role in identifying and addressing barriers to student attendance, developing intervention strategies and working collaboratively with students, parents, and school staff to promote regular school attendance for all students. 

In this role you will monitor and report on whole school attendance, using data analysis to identify trends and any concerns to report. Working closely with pupils, staff parents and carers your aim will be to reduce levels of absence through crafting individualised attendance plans and provide support as appropriate. 

For further details on this role, or to arrange a visit/phone call with the academy, please contact George Edwards on: g.edwards@outwood.com

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Closing date: Midday on 4 November 2024.

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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.

About Outwood Academy Riverside

Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson

Principal: Melissa Brant-Smith

Outwood Academy Riverside is the first Free School within the Outwood Family, and we are delighted to be based in the large, friendly, north-east town of Middlesbrough.

We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place children at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.

Taking a holistic approach to education, valuing vocational, practical, creative, and academic qualities equally and since joining the Outwood Family in 2020 we have been establishing ourselves and helping more and more students.

We believe that learning should be both enjoyable and enriching. We are innovators with a knowledge-rich curriculum, designed to personalise learning for every student, helping them to reach their potential.

We want you to help us grow and to take us to the next level.

The Outwood Family of Schools pride ourselves on fully supporting colleagues within the Family both professionally and personally.

We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.

As a founding Trust of the National Institute of Education (NIoT), we will actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education and NIoT to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all teaching staff receiving a minimum of two hours of CPD each week.

We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including family friendly policies, enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period, funded CPD for qualifications up to and including Masters level plus other exclusive benefits including a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy.

All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.

If you share our vision, join our family.

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