Job Summary

Further Information

Required from the 28th January 2019
Permanent / Term time only + 5 days / 26 hours per week

The head teacher and governors of Silver Tree Primary School are seeking to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic, passionate and committed pupil welfare officer to join our successful, dedicated team in our welcoming and caring school, graded Good by Ofsted in June 2018.
The successful candidate will assist with the growing number of families and children where emotional, social and health issues in the family are impacting upon the children’s ability to successfully access education and achieve their full potential.

They will:
• work inclusively with parents/ carers to encourage parental involvement in the development, delivery and monitoring of services provided by the school.
• support staff and children who have been removed from the classroom due to inappropriate behaviour
• monitor and oversee the behaviour systems effectively
• assist in the development and delivery of educational support packages which will provide guidance for the children and their families to better enable children to overcome barriers to learning and achieve more successfully in school

Application forms are available from the school or can be downloaded from this site. Completed application forms must be returned to the school, contact details below.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and are available on 6th December 2018 at 3.30pm. Please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.

Closing date for applications: 13th December 2018 at 12pm
Interviews: 20th December 2018

Where our roles are customer facing and you are required to speak to members of the public, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post. As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.

This post is not open to job share.

Silver Tree Primary School
Durham Road,
Ushaw Moor,
Durham
DH7 7LF

Tel: 0191 3730622
Email: silvertree@durhamlearning.net
Website: www.silvertreeprimary.co.uk