AQW 7607/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 27/02/2024
Answered On Date: 06/03/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education (i) how many education welfare officer posts are currently vacant; (ii) where these vacant posts are located; and (iii) how long these posts have been vacant.

Answer:

There are currently nine Education Welfare Officer posts vacant in the Education Authority. Further details on these posts are contained in the table below.

(i) No of vacancies	(ii) Locations	(iii) Vacant from	Comments
1	Newry	01/02/2024	Interview dates set for competition to refill post.
1	Ballymena	01/09/2022
2	Antrim Board Centre	06/10/2023
		17/11/2023
3	Dundonald	01/12/2023	Interviews carried out and 3 successful candidates completing pre-employment checks. One post is being readvertised.
		15/09/2023
		01/05/2023
2	Downpatrick	01/12/2023
		31/08/2023