Welfare Officer - Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School

The Role

Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School is a welcoming single-form entry primary school serving children from Nursery to Year 6. We are seeking a dedicated, compassionate, and proactive Welfare Coordinator to join our team, drive pupil wellbeing, and lead on attendance and early help support. Required as soon as possible

Working directly alongside the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will play a central operational role across the school.

Safeguarding: Serve as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (Deputy DSL), manage CPOMS caseloads, and act as Lead Professional for assigned Early Help plans.

Attendance: Lead daily attendance operations, analyse trend data using Arbor, conduct targeted home visits, and liaise with the Education Welfare Service (EWS).

Family & Pastoral Support: Provide direct assistance to families in crisis, host parent drop-in sessions, and lead 1-to-1 and small group pastoral interventions to remove barriers to learning.

Reporting: Maintain confidential safeguarding records and prepare data summaries for the SLT, Governing Body, and Ofsted.

Key Requirements

Qualifications: 5 GCSEs at Grade C/4+ (including English Language & Maths) and GCE A-Level standard or equivalent.

Training: Up-to-date safeguarding and Deputy DSL / Early Help Lead Professional training.

Experience: Substantial experience working with children and families within education, early help, or social care settings, with proven experience supporting vulnerable families in crisis.

Systems: Proficient in school management software, including CPOMS, Arbor, and MS Teams.

Vetting: Satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance and pre-employment safeguarding checks.

In return we can offer:

A strong, shared vision for our school.

Happy, enthusiastic pupils, with great potential, who demonstrate outstanding behaviour, genuinely enjoy their education and thrive as part of our family within school.

An atmosphere of risk taking forward thinking, innovation and flexibility to drive and accelerate the progress of all pupils.

A fully committed and extremely supportive staff team.

A commitment to your induction and/or continued professional development.

Opportunities to work collaboratively and share best practice with colleagues across our cross-phase trust, TCAT.

Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

Access to employee discounts, cycle to work scheme and wellbeing resources though TCAT+.

Occupational sick pay scheme.

How To Apply

Further details and application forms are available from office@meadowside.tcat.uk.com or our school website, Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School

Visits to school by prospective candidates will be welcomed and encouraged and can be made on Monday 2nd November at 10 am or 4pm by prior arrangement with our school office. Please contact us if you are unable to make this date and still wish to visit. Contact details on above school website.

Please note that we are committed to protecting the children in our care and so the successful candidate will be subject to appropriate safeguarding checks, including DBS clearance.

References will be requested prior to employment.

Key Dates

Close Date: 6 November 2026 12 noon

Interview Date: Week beginning 9 November 2026

Key Information

Salary: £31,379.00 - £34,829.00 Annually (Actual)
TCAT Grade 7 / SCP 23–27 (37 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only + 2 Weeks)

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Term: Full time