At a Glance
- Tasks: Support students' attendance and wellbeing through mentoring and collaboration with various teams.
- Company: Join a supportive school community dedicated to student success.
- Benefits: Gain valuable experience, training opportunities, and contribute to positive change.
- Other info: Engage in a dynamic environment with opportunities for personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Strong communication skills and a passion for helping others.
Responsible to the Assistant Principal and Attendance Officer, the Assistant Attendance Officer will be required:
- To build positive relationships, identifying barriers to attendance and working with families and colleagues to improve engagement with education.
- To work closely with the Inclusion Team, Heads of Year, SEND Department and Safeguarding Team to support vulnerable students, ensuring appropriate interventions are implemented to improve attendance, wellbeing and successful reintegration into school.
- To act as a key mentor for targeted students, delivering regular check-ins, attendance mentoring and agreed interventions.
- To support the successful reintegration of students following periods of absence, suspension or emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), helping them to re-engage with learning and school life.
- To contribute to weekly Inclusion Panel meetings, as well as other Team Around the Family/Child meetings and other multi-agency meetings where appropriate.
Duties and Responsibilities Attendance:
- To assist the Attendance Officer in monitoring and challenging student absences from school.
- Follow up on student absences and lateness by telephone or other means, on a daily basis with guidance from relevant colleagues, making appropriate referrals.
- To use data systems to identify vulnerable groups and provide challenge and support as necessary issuing Pre-Notice to Improve documentation when appropriate.
- Be an active presence in the local school community through daily school bus pick ups and home visits to students and parents/carers as appropriate.
- To assist in the initiation and follow through of appropriate sanctions in liaison with the Attendance Officer including fixed penalty notices and court action.
- Liaise with outside agencies, parents/carers, social services, other schools and/or organisations in relation to information on student attendance and punctuality.
- To be responsible for communication with parents/carers via Arbor/Synergy and send out daily communications related to attendance matters.
- To support any new strategies employed by senior staff to help improve attendance.
- To support with the daily administration of attendance via Arbor, ensuring student attendance records are accurate.
- To raise any safeguarding concerns via CPOMS.
Resources:
- To operate office equipment as required.
Other:
- To assist the attendance officer with any additional attendance tasks when not engaged in any of the attendance duties including administration, letter generation and filing.
- Any other duties commensurate with the post.
Academy Wide Responsibilities:
- To participate in all aspects of training and development.
- To comply with the academy's Health and Safety Policy and associated safe working procedures and guidelines.
- To comply with the academy's Comprehensive Equality Policy and ensure that it is implemented within the service area of the post.
- To comply with the academy's Data Protection Policy and Code of Practice within the service area of the post.
- Undertaking other duties and responsibilities at the reasonable request of the Principal.
This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure Certificate.
Assistant Attendance Officer employer: The Sutton Academy
The Sutton Academy in St Helens is an excellent employer that fosters a supportive and collaborative work culture, prioritising the growth and development of its staff. With a commitment to training and professional development, employees are encouraged to enhance their skills while contributing to a vibrant educational environment. The academy's focus on safety and student support ensures that every team member plays a vital role in shaping the future of students, making it a rewarding place to work.
We think you need these skills to ace Assistant Attendance Officer
Relationship Building
Engagement Strategies
Collaboration with Inclusion Teams
Mentoring Skills
Data Analysis
Communication Skills
Attendance Monitoring
