Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. There has been an increased demand for Education Welfare Service and Child licensing services. An exciting opportunity has arisen for temporary part-time Education Welfare Officer to meet this demand and is a critical to supporting the service meet its statutory duties. The post holder will establish good working relationships with a small group of schools to support them to work closely with their pupils and families to improve attendance. The post holder has to quality assure and process all the legal requests from schools including Fixed Penalty Notices and the issuing of School Attendance Orders. ; investigate Children Missing in Education enquiries; gather, check and present education information on behalf of schools at MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference), follow up actions and report to the family safety unit; prepare and facilitate half termly workshops to school staff and complete the Statutory Register Inspections in schools. The role is pivotal to helping schools keep children safe and ensure that vulnerable groups access their full entitlement to their education. This role is also part of the school improvement strategy to support schools to be Ofsted ready. We are looking for applicant who is experienced in working with schools and has great people skills to join our strong and supportive Education Welfare Service based in Winsford. If you are motivated to develop best practice, work on your own initiative, support the team to provide a high quality service, have strong reflective practise and direction and are enthusiastic about contributing to service development for the team; then we would welcome your application. For an informal discussion please contact Manager Morag Bragger on either 01606 275759 or via email: morag.braggercheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteamecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.