Attendance Officer – Secondary School

ATTENDANCE OFFICER – SECONDARY SCHOOL

EXCLUSIVE TO PROSPERO TEACHING

Prospero Teaching are looking for an Attendance Officer at a school in Bury, to start as soon as possible, this role will be ongoing.

The role will involve being in charge of attendance across the school. You must be fully conversant, competent with attendance & truancy legislation & have knowledge of the system for monitoring & reporting. It has excellent facilities for teaching and learning.

The role includes:

• Contacting students & parents regarding attendance, lateness or persistence absences
• Update school records, analyse attendance data & provide reports to senior managers & other professionals Disseminate information, both internally & externally, in a timely fashion
• Meet with school staff, pupils & parents to establish the reasons for non-attendance/poor punctuality & agree a plan with appropriate strategies & timescales to tackle the issues
• Make contact with families in response to allocated referrals through home visits and/or meetings in school
• Liaise with the Education Welfare Officer. Prepare the appropriate paperwork & present information as required to enable the school meet its obligations & statutory responsibilities. This will include requesting penalty fine notices & if appropriate, the completion of Common Assessment Form (CAF) referrals
• Be fully aware of & carry out all work in line with Child Protection /Safeguarding Procedures
• Liaise with external organisations as required
• Keep accurate, clear & concise records of all interventions, consultations & update the attendance system
• Maintain a good working knowledge of the statutory framework & any policies & procedures relating to school attendance, child employment, child protection & special needs etc. in order to be able to offer informed advice to parents, school staff & others
• Liaise with Pastoral Support to advice on all matters relating to attendance & take a lead role in developing work processes to improve school attendance

To be eligible for this role through Prospero Teaching, you must:

• Hold right to work in the UK
• Hold an enhanced DBS certificate on the update service or be willing to process a new application
• Provide two professional references
• Ideally have experience being an attendance officer
• Have experience using SIMS

If you would like to be considered for this role, please send your up to date CV. Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.