Education Welfare Officer

Job Information

Northumberland County Council would like to recruit an enthusiastic, well-motivated Education Welfare Officer to improve pupil attendance and promote the welfare, development, and protection of children across Northumberland. The postholder will contribute to fulfilling the extended duty for Virtual School Headteachers to promote the education of children with a social worker.

Education Welfare is based within the Virtual school and work to ensure that the Local Authority's statutory duties and other responsibilities for safeguarding children in relation to school attendance, elective home education, children missing education, child employment and performance licensing are carried out to the highest possible standard.

Work is undertaken on behalf of children in partnership with their parents, schools, alternative providers and other professionals to enable each pupil the maximum opportunity to benefit from their educational entitlement. Work is also undertaken at a whole school level to support schools in their policy and practice towards improving attendance.

You should have a good general standard of education and preferably with a recognised professional qualification in social work, teaching, child care, nursing, youth and community or psychology. Experience of working in an education or social care setting and knowledge of current legislation is essential.

Why choose us?

We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:

• 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)


• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme


• Flexi scheme (if applicable) - up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)

Further information

For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance notes.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email or ring with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.

Alternative application format:

• British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net


• For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001

Attached documents

• 345 EWO.pdf

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Education Welfare Officer

• Salary £30,336.37 - 33,573.45 (term time + 10 days salary quoted)


• Frequency Annual


• Job Reference ncc/TP/80/2090/NP


• Contract Type Permanent


• Closing Date 27 June, 2025


• Job Category Education


• Directorate Children, Young People and Education


• Location County Hall MORPETH, United Kingdom


• Posted on 13 June, 2025

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Northumberland County Council would like to recruit an enthusiastic, well- motivated Education Welfare Officer to improve pupil attendance and promote the welfare, development, and protection of children across Northumberland. The postholder will contribute to fulfilling the extended duty for Virtual School Headteachers to promote the education of children with a social worker.

Education Welfare is based within the Virtual school and work to ensure that the Local Authority's statutory duties and other responsibilities for safeguarding children in relation to school attendance, elective home education, children missing education, child employment and performance licensing are carried out to the highest possible standard.

Work is undertaken on behalf of children in partnership with their parents, schools, alternative providers and other professionals to enable each pupil the maximum opportunity to benefit from their educational entitlement. Work is also undertaken at a whole school level to support schools in their policy and practice towards improving attendance.

You should have a good general standard of education and preferably with a recognised professional qualification in social work, teaching, child care, nursing, youth and community or psychology. Experience of working in an education or social care setting and knowledge of current legislation is essential.

26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)

-Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
-Flexi scheme (if applicable) - up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)

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