Current Job Vacancies
Job: Swyddog Cynhwysiant Ysgolion Bro / Community Focused Schools Inclusion Officer
Job Ref: RE-1805
Salary: £30,559.00 - To: £32,654.00
Job Scale: Gradd 5 / Grade 5
Job Hours: 37 Arws / 37 Hours
Location: Civic Centre
Speciality:
This post is term time only + 4 weeks - Fixed term until 31 March 2026.
Salary - 95.12% of Grade 5 = £29,067.70 - £31,060.48 per annum .
Job Purpose
You will work directly with families who have two or more children in the same household with attendance concerns to improve attendance, playing a key part in driving early intervention and tailoring support that helps children attend, engage, and thrive in school.
You will identify and address the root causes of poor attendance, offering practical support, advice, and challenge where needed.
Building positive, respectful relationships will be at the heart of your role as you help families overcome barriers and re-engage with education. Working across a number of schools, you will collaborate with staff, safeguarding leads, and external services to ensure a joined up and early help approach that keeps children at the centre.
For further information please contact Blair Cannon on 01685 725000 or email Blair.Cannon@merthyr.gov.uk
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 09.07.2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.
Salary - 95.12% of Grade 5 = £29,067.70 - £31,060.48 per annum .
Job Purpose
You will work directly with families who have two or more children in the same household with attendance concerns to improve attendance, playing a key part in driving early intervention and tailoring support that helps children attend, engage, and thrive in school.
You will identify and address the root causes of poor attendance, offering practical support, advice, and challenge where needed.
Building positive, respectful relationships will be at the heart of your role as you help families overcome barriers and re-engage with education. Working across a number of schools, you will collaborate with staff, safeguarding leads, and external services to ensure a joined up and early help approach that keeps children at the centre.
For further information please contact Blair Cannon on 01685 725000 or email Blair.Cannon@merthyr.gov.uk
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 09.07.2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.