Education Welfare Officer

Start date: October 2024

Salary: Grade 3, SCP 15 to 17. Full time equivalent salary: £17,427 to £28,381 per annum, Actual salary: £11,547 to £11,949 (pay award pending)

Hours Per Week: 17.5 hours per week. 3.5 hours per day, 5 days per week, working mornings (17.5 hours per week, 0.48 FTE), Term time only

Kings Norton Girls School And Language College
Selly Oak Road
Birmingham
B30 1HW
Telephone number: 0121 675 1305

Contact email: DWilson@kngs.co.uk

Contract type: Fixed term until 18 July 2025  

Kings Norton Girls’ School and Sixth Form is an OFSTED outstanding school and one of the top comprehensives in the country. We are proud of our vibrant, socially, ethnically and culturally diverse school which lies in the heart of our community and is highly regarded locally and beyond.

The post of Education Welfare Officer is available immediately on a part time, temporary contract until Friday 18 July 2025.
Hours: 3.5 hours per day, 5 days per week, working mornings (17.5 hours per week, 0.48 FTE)

This is a fantastic opportunity for an exceptional Education Welfare Officer to join Kings Norton Girls’ School and Sixth Form. KNGS is an outstanding Single Academy Trust, a non-selective girls’ school with a co-education sixth form. We strive to “open a world of opportunities” for our students enabling them to demonstrate respect and courage in order to flourish. We are exceptionally proud of the excellent academic progress our students make, but equally proud of our pastoral care and the school’s calm and purposeful environment which enables all our students to be articulate, respectful, independent, caring and socially accomplished young people who flourish.

This post is a key pastoral role, working closely with students, families, and staff to support student attendance and well-being. The role focuses on identifying and addressing attendance issues, conducting safe and well checks, and helping students whose attendance is declining. The officer will work in line with the school's safeguarding and attendance policies to reduce persistent and severe absence.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with children, young people, parents/carers/families within the field of education, social care or the voluntary sector, as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will have a good understanding of the issues and problems impacting families with the ability to motivate and challenge disaffected young people. Additionally, the ability to form, build and maintain good relationships with children, young people, parents/carers, colleagues and other professionals is essential. A driving licence and use of a car is essential to visit students’ homes; travel expenses are paid.

In return we offer excellent CPD within a supportive culture that is constantly seeking to improve learners’ experience, attainment and progress.

The school is committed to safeguarding children.

 Benefits include a pension scheme (23.3% employer contribution), Westfield Health Cash Plan including Employee Assistance Programme and cycle to work scheme.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.  

How to Apply

The school's application form can be downloaded from the vacancies page of our website.

Should you wish to discuss this opportunity ahead of making an application, please contact Mrs Nahieda Bi, Pastoral Faculty Leader on 0121 675 1305 or via email nbi@kngs.co.uk; we welcome visits to the school but only up until the deadline date for applications; to arrange a visit please contact Mrs Bi.

Applications can be made by submitting your completed form which will include your supporting statement (this should not exceed 1200 words); it is not necessary to submit a separate covering letter. The application form should be emailed to Mrs Denise Wilson, PA to the Headteacher dwilson@kngs.co.uk We do not accept CV applications, only those submitted on the KNGS application form will be considered.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. 

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.