Attendance, Welfare and Enforcement Officer
Quarrydale Academy
Nottinghamshire
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- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Grade 5, SCP 15-22 £27,803 - £31,364, Pro rata salary for term time only £23,809 - £26,858
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- asap
- Apply by:
- 14 October 2024
Job overview
Attendance, Welfare and Enforcement Officer
Full-Time, Term Time Only
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, hard-working Attendance, Welfare and Enforcement Officer to join our Academy. The role will involve leading on school attendance, working with other admin staff and senior leaders to manage and improve attendance.
Quarrydale Academy also employs a team of Pastoral Support Officers who work with our children and families. We take a positive, pro-active approach to improving attendance and the person in this role will help families find the positive motivation to improve attendance.
Key responsibilities:
- Involves working closely with parents, teachers, family & community teams, social care and other colleagues that support the welfare of children.
- Working together, develop, implement and evaluate strategies designed to help families and pupils overcome non-attendance difficulties.
- Carry out home visits where students have failed to attend.
- Undertake monitoring and evaluation of the school attendance to promote improvements.
- Follow up and monitor cases to ensure a positive outcome, taking a different course of action as appropriate.
- Review half-termly attendance data with school to identify areas for improvement
- Write reports and prepare evidence for legal action.
- When appropriate, refer pupils and parents to other agencies involved in helping children and their families and attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings.
In addition, you will have:
- experience of IT and knowledge of Bromcom software used in schools
- confidence in using Microsoft Office software
- the ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team
- excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- awareness of GDPR/ health and safety requirements in school
Quarrydale is oversubscribed and we are very proud of our students and staff, so this is an exciting career opportunity to join our friendly and inspirational Academy.
If you feel that you have the ability and drive to enable our students to reach their full potential, joining our Academy also offers many personal benefits including:
- a subsidised pension scheme
- a strong commitment to your continuing professional development and training opportunities
- close, convenient links to the M1 junction 28, Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield
- close access to the peak district, national park and popular historical sites
- a supportive environment in which your talents will be encouraged, nurtured and rewarded
- Medicash Healthcare Plan
- Cycle to Work Scheme
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and other vetting procedures including the provision of two good references.
For application forms and further details please visit our website:
https://quarrydale.co.uk/website/index.php/staff/vacancies
If you think you could be a potential
candidate for the role and you would like to discuss the vacancy or if you
would like to arrange a visit to Quarrydale Academy please contact Mandy Fogg, Safeguarding and Attendance Team Leader on 01623 554 178 or by email mfogg@quarrydale.notts.sch.uk
Closing date: Monday 14th October @9am
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About Quarrydale Academy
- Quarrydale Academy
- Stoneyford Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Nottinghamshire
- NG17 2DU
- United Kingdom
Quarrydale is a mixed 11-18 academy of around 1100 pupils, with approximately 130 sixth formers.
We are situated in the town of Sutton-in-Ashfield, which is located between Sherwood Forest, the peak district and the City of Nottingham. Connections to major conurbations in the region are excellent, housing is affordable and access to leisure facilities, and areas of cultural, natural and industrial heritage is good.
The academy itself is a popular and exciting place to work, with a friendly atmosphere and a real sense of team work. The students are well behaved and Ofsted graded us as ‘Good’ in March 2017.
The education we offer at Quarrydale is built around a highly qualified team of staff committed to delivering a quality education to all our students in a calm, safe and secure environment where high quality learning can take place effectively. We work in partnership with parents to ensure that every child receives the best possible education and takes pride in being part of our successful and caring community.
At Quarrydale we combine our traditional values with the very latest teaching methods and technologies to inspire our students to succeed in everything they do. We have very high expectations of our students and place great emphasis on self-discipline, self-respect, hard work, achievement and high standards of behaviour.
We are committed to the pursuit of excellence, both in terms of the achievement of students and the quality of educational provision we deliver on a daily basis. We want to encourage all learners to develop a love of learning and enable everyone to reach the highest standards of which they are capable of.
We believe that achievement is closely linked to self-belief, motivation, support and that with encouragement students will excel and be proud of doing well and fulfilling their potential.The best achievements usually occur where a true partnership has been established between home, school and the student and all parties work together to strive for the best possible outcome.
We want every Quarrydale student to learn, achieve, maximise their potential and meet all of their aspirations and ambitions. Quarrydale students know that we expect nothing less than their personal best, and we will guide and support them to rise to that challenge.
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