Attendance and Welfare Officer

Salary:                               Grade 6 (SCP 12 to 18)

Full Time Equivalent to £27,711 - £30,559

Actual Salary – Full Time, Term time only £24,264 to £26,757 

We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, dedicated and tenacious member of staff to support our ongoing drive to secure regular attendance for all students

The role is primarily focused on improving levels of student attendance across the Academy by building relationships with key students and their families through home visits. Conduct safe-and-well checks and contribute to administration of attendance including compiling evidence for statutory action.     

Research shows that student attendance is one of the greatest mitigating factors for young people when striving to reach, and endeavouring to exceed, their academic potential. The impact of non-attendance for students who hail from disadvantaged backgrounds is far greater than their advantaged counterparts. 

In this role, you will work closely with senior leaders, pastoral colleagues, external agencies, the local authority, students and their families as you strive to unpick any challenges that may be in existence for students in securing regular attendance. You will ensure that the statutory obligations around student attendance, the reporting of student attendance and the integrity of attendance registers is maintained – supporting and challenging where required.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

●      Be responsible for the daily oversight of all attendance, absences and lateness, working with the Pastoral team, the office and parents as necessary. 

●      Monitor and track attendance across the academy, including identified students who are of concern and reporting on the these students as necessary to the pastoral team as well as sending out attendance letters and preparing Notice to Improve documentation

●      Conduct home visits to support and improve attendance and where necessary undertake parent contract meetings where students have attendance concerns including Persistent and Severe absences

●      Attend review meetings with the Pastoral team to review whole-academy attendance and identify strategies to improve this, providing attendance data via WMG Management Information System to support the meetings

●      Support parents with attendance and punctuality strategies

●      Support students with medical needs and other issues which prevent full-time absence by liaising with staff, parents/carers and other professionals

●      Raise the attendance of targeted students through effectively monitoring and communication with with staff, parents/carers and other professionals, including working on strategies to improve student punctuality and identifying patterns of non-attendance and late arrival quickly and put in place timely inventions

●       Ensure measures are in place to provide students with missed schoolwork

●      Attend relevant meetings regarding the wellbeing of specific students

The successful candidate will have:

●      The motivation to achieve the very best for the students in our care and be relentless in the pursuit of excellence

●      Excellent interpersonal skills

●      Experience with supporting students and families

●      Excellent communication skills

●      Excellent organisational skills

●      High levels of confidentiality 

●      Be an effective problem solver who will come up with positive and robust solutions to problems

●      Be highly proficient in your ICT skills with excellent accuracy and attention to detail

As this role includes home visits, a full driving licence and access to a vehicle is also required (the Academy has business insurance)