Attendance Officer - Wandsworth, United Kingdom - Harris Federation

Harris Federation

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Wandsworth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Summary

Do you have experience overseeing attendance at a school level? We are looking for an Attendance Officer to join our dedicated academy team at Harris Academy Battersea.

This role is likely to suit an individual looking to develop in a school environment with attendance related experience.

The working hours for this role will be 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday (37.5 hours per week).

About Us
Harris Academy Battersea is a mixed state secondary school serving a truly comprehensive community in the heart of London.

We are an Ofsted '
Outstanding' school with a track record of delivering fantastic outcomes year on year for our students.

Our Academy is centred on the values of
Knowledge, Integrity and Resilience and these underpin the way we work for both students and staff.

Our staff are inclusive, diverse and committed to our mission:
we develop aspirational young people to thrive in a changing world.

HABS offers a broad, academic and challenging curriculum founded on six key curriculum aims:

To develop deep, long-lasting knowledge
To develop students into accomplished readers, writers and orators
To provide experiences within and beyond the classroom that enrich learning and ensure students can make informed choices about their futures
To equip students to challenge injustice in all its forms
To enable students to understand how they learn
To support students to reflect on their choices and values to improve themselves and their community

These aims underpin all elements of our curriculum, and
we see our core academic curriculum and wider personal development curriculum as intrinsically linked.

All staff at the Academy contribute to the personal development of our students through their roles as tutors and through their contributions to the wider life of the academy.

A thriving school can only function with fantastic staff, and our vision is to make teaching at HABS both
enjoyable and sustainable.

The wellbeing of staff underpins every decision we make, and we seek to ensure that every member of staff can enjoy a work-life-balance enabling them to bring their best to work each day.

At HABS,
professional growth and development is central to our mission.

Our professional development motto is 'improve, not prove' and leaders are relentlessly focussed on supporting staff in getting even better through a wide range of internal and external training opportunities.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

Assisting ALG in the management and development of attendance and punctuality policies
Daily monitoring and followup of attendance and punctuality
Participating on late desk and follow up detentions
Contacting parents/carers of students absent at agreed time and recording reasons for absence if given
Daily monitoring and early calls on the attendance of children in care or students on the vulnerable list
Making home visits with the Academy welfare manager as required
Sending letters to parents regarding attendance matters as requested by the Academy Welfare Manager
Ensuring the smooth operation of the computerised registration system
Ensuring daily attendance information is entered accurately onto the system
Establishing the reason for absences including telephone calls, letters and home visits
Preparing and distributing attendance and punctuality certificates
Following up on poor attendance or punctuality
Signing students in and out of the Academy outside normal start and finish times
Liaising with the Educational Welfare Officer to ensure prompt, consistent and rigorous intervention with poor attendance
Monitoring student attendance together with students' progress and performance in relation to targets set for each individual
Dealing efficiently and effectively with referrals on attendance concerns
Alerting appropriate staff to problems experienced by students and making recommendations as to how these may be resolved
Communicating with the parents of students and with persons or bodies outside the Academy concerned with the welfare of individual students
Meeting with LAC students weekly and pass on any relevant information regarding their welfare

Qualifications & Experience
We would like to hear from you if you have:

Qualifications to degree standard or equivalent
Sound Knowledge of Microsoft software
Knowledge of Management Information Systems for input and export of student attendance data, including training in relation to attendance and report generation
Knowledge of attendance policies and procedures
Knowledge of the range of agencies that work with students and their families
Basic knowledge of first aid; e.g. emergency first aid course
Knowledge of a range of attendance codes and when they can be used
Knowledge of many of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
Three years' experience of working in an innercity school or education