Educational Welfare Officer

Educational Welfare Officer

n 1. (Education) (in Britain) a local education authority worker whose job it is to find out whether difficulties outside school are contributing to a child's classroom problems or irregular attendance and who may intervene to help the child to benefit more from schooling. Former names: school attendance officer or truancy officer 2. (Social Welfare) (in Britain) a local education authority worker whose job it is to find out whether difficulties outside school are contributing to a child's classroom problems or irregular attendance and who may intervene to help the child to benefit more from schooling. Former names: school attendance officer or truancy officer