Job Description
Download printable version
Education Welfare Officer - Olive AP Academies
- To provide an education welfare service for children, their families and schools.
- To work in the Olive Academies as required in order to ensure, in conjunction with others, that children receive education appropriate to their needs by regular attendance to school or otherwise.
- To assist them to obtain maximum benefit from this education; to contribute to the Attendance Strategy for Olive Academies.
Salary: PO5 points 44-47 whole time £39,961 - £42,806
Location: Olive AP Academies: Thurrock / Havering and also to include Suffolk
Closing date: 13 August 2018
Interviews: week commencing 20 August 2018
Olive AP Academies are built on our core values of conviction, determination, ambition and reflection and these values underpin all of our work. As the Trust develops and grows we need our data and management information systems to be innovative and responsive to our needs.
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional, enthusiastic and solution focused Education Welfare Officer, who understands the context of Alternative Provision and the opportunities this offers.
If you believe you have the skills and expertise to help us in our ambitious journey to outstanding, we want to hear from you.
If you are interested in joining our forward thinking and innovative team, and would like to receive a job description and person specification, please email our office manager Susie Tyler on susie.tyler@oliveacademies.org.uk or download an application from our website http://apthurrock.oliveacademies.org.uk
Olive Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.
Olive Academies is a multi-academy trust, approved by the Department for Education. Established in 2013, it is one of the first academy sponsors specialising in alternative provision in England. Its principal aims are to encourage students, many of whom live in deprived communities, to develop the confidence, skills and knowledge to believe that they can be successful in their own lives. Find out more about the trust at www.oliveacademies.org.uk
Contact Details:
Olive AP Academy - Thurrock
Leicester Road
Tilbury
RM18 7AX
T: 01708 853781
E: susie.tyler@oliveacademies.org.uk
W: http://apthurrock.oliveacademies.org.uk
Twitter @OAThurrock
Information about the School
Based in the heart of Thurrock, our academy specialises in alternative provision and supporting the social and emotional educational needs of young people. Olive AP Academy - Thurrock supports up to 94 pupils for whom traditional teaching methods have not worked. Students, ranging in age from 11 to 16, join us following permanent exclusion from a mainstream school or due to having medical needs that prevent them from attending a mainstream setting.
Our academy is a nurturing, inclusive community where students are able to grow and develop. We strive to ensure success for all our learners academically, socially and morally. We build a curriculum around the needs of our students and are proud that our Year 11 students leave with qualifications on par with their mainstream peers and transition into education, training or employment.
Having a working beauty salon, kitchen and hospitality area, construction area, science laboratory and fitness suite onsite allows for a hands-on approach to the curriculum and the development of transferable skills for the future.
Alongside our ever-growing curriculum, we offer our students additional qualifications in non-traditional subjects such as sailing, climbing, extreme mountain biking, bushcraft and first aid.
All students receive therapeutic support and this can range from a set or personalised programme, counselling, speech and language intervention or small group activities around self-worth and wellbeing.
We pride ourself on encouraging positive mental health and wellbeing and are pleased to have received a National Wellbeing Award, which acknowledges the support we provide for staff, students and families.
Working in alternative provision can be challenging, but joining the Olive family is one of the most rewarding and positive career developments you will make. If you have the experience and enthusiasm to support us on our journey, I would love to hear from you.
Thank you for your interest.
Collette Hunnisett
Executive Headteacher