Family Welfare Officer

Grade and Salary Grade 4: £9,928-£14,893 this is the range of the actual salary dependant on number of hours agreed (15-22.5hours). (£28,598-£31,022 FTE) Working pattern 15 - 22.5 hours per week to be worked between 08:00 to 16:00 over an agreed amount of days Monday-Friday. 39 weeks per year. Contract term Permanent The School: Located in the semi-rural village of Swanwick on the Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire border and within easy reach of the M1, Swanwick Hall is an 11-18 school with over 1,000 students situated on a beautiful 23-acre site around a Grade 2 listed Hall. At Swanwick Hall our mission is simple, we exist to provide our students with opportunities and experiences to enhance their life choices, making a positive contribution to the world we share. The school, a member of The Two Counties Trust, is rightly proud of its reputation in the community as a good school which has an excellent record of student progression and positive engagement based on mutual respect. The role: The Family Welfare Officer is required to improve pupil progress and attendance while supporting the pupils in school, and their families whose difficulties are providing significant barriers to their learning journey. Providing early intervention, working with external agencies and signposting support during stressful periods. The person: The successful candidate will be confident, sensitive and have the ability to support and empower people to provide support for them to overcome their challenges. They need to be able to show they can effectively manage challenging behaviour from pupils, and family members, and demonstrates an understanding of Safeguarding issues. Why join us? There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career. We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time. We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees. We offer: Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities. We do not operate appraisal or appraisal related pay progression. All employees participate in our Professional Learning Scheme which supports colleagues to develop their expertise and benefit from valuable professional learning. An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts. Entry to a career average pension scheme. Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust. A stimu