Education Welfare Assistant - Learning Community Trust

Join a Trust with Heart - At the Learning Community Trust, our mission is to deliver an inclusive, compelling, and transformative education that empowers young people for a rapidly changing world. We place our young people, employees, and families at the heart of everything we do - championing compassion, resilience, and ambition.

• Champion our values:
  You’ll embody our ethos of ‘never leave a child behind,’ ensuring every child has the opportunity to access their entitlement to full-time educational provision.
• Inspire and empower:
  Work as part of a team that is motivated, compassionate, and committed to continuous improvement—helping every young person and colleague thrive.
• Build a thriving community:
  Collaborate across our trust, celebrating the uniqueness of each academy while uniting us in our shared vision.
• Drive excellence:
  The post will be instrumental in improving school attendance, reducing persistent absence, supporting families and ensuring that children and young people are at the heart of every decision we make.

• Be part of a trust that believes in ‘learning for all’ and ‘together we are stronger’
• Work in a culture that values respect, collaboration, and professional development
• Make a lasting difference to young people’s lives and futures

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Education Welfare Assistant (EWA) to join the Learning Community Trust. Based as part of our LCT Central Team, you will work alongside the Trust Education Welfare Officers supporting school staff in improving school attendance and reducing persistent absence, identifying (and signposting to) appropriate support services for children, young people and their families, ensuring children within the borough are accessing their entitlement to educational provision.

The post will be working across the trust in a variety of schools, visiting them on an agreed basis to identify problems with individuals or groups of children that fall within the responsibilities of our Education Welfare Team. You will also visit families in their homes to find out about, and support with removing, barriers preventing their children from accessing school regularly.

You will be line managed and supported by our experienced Head of Attendance & Welfare, with peer support from our friendly and supportive Attendance & Welfare Team. The post will be instrumental in improving school attendance, reducing persistent absence, supporting families and ensuring children and young people can access their statutory entitlement to education.

You will be able to communicate effectively with young people, their families and internal and external colleagues, developing good relationships and partnerships with others. Relevant qualifications relating to Education Welfare or social work, and experience working within the school setting, that covers a majority of the job description is desirable, however training will be provided in development areas.

We are a small, friendly and supportive team and having the right person with the right values is as important to us as previous experience.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The Learning Community Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023).

Guidance on disclosing convictions can be found on Ministry of Justice website. Under the Immigration Act 2016, candidates for customer-facing roles must meet the necessary standard of spoken English. It is an offence to apply if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Employment is subject to medical fitness, satisfactory references, right to work in the UK, and an Enhanced DBS check.

Online social media checks will be carried out on successful applicants.