School Attendance Officer - Huntingdon, United Kingdom - ST PETERS SCHOOL

ST PETERS SCHOOL

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Huntingdon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Safeguarding

Responsible for the safeguarding of students who are under their immediate care, following relevant school polices, reporting concerns promptly (including Health and Safety)
Safeguarding the mental health and wellbeing of students and staff

Main Responsibilities

To monitor student attendance, with particular reference to persistent absenteeism of 90% and below
Create and maintain the Persistent Absenteeism register
Daily monitoring of students known to have poor attendance, and to follow up contact with parents/carers
To attend regular meetings with the Educational Welfare Officer
To attend joint home visits when appropriate with relevant staff e.g. Student Support Managers, Educational Welfare Officer.
To liaise with the Heads of Year, Student Support Managers, Heads of Departments, Teachers, Educational Welfare Officer, Student Services and outside agencies as required.
To log child protection concerns with the Designated Lead for Safeguarding and follow up where necessary.
To provide analysis and information to Senior Leadership Team, Heads of Department, Tutors and other staff as required.
Provide the Educational Welfare Officer with relevant attendance data when required
Work with the County Council and school admin team to ensure that students who are CME (Child Missing Education) or EHE (Elective Home Education) are appropriately logged and removed from roll.
Maintain a record of student deletions to cross reference vs attendance.
Attend parenting attendance meetings with Student Support Managers when required.
Attend parent contract meetings with the Education Welfare Officer when required.
Monitor students arriving late to school and follow up with contact to parents/carers/pastoral teams
Any other duties as reasonably required to support the promotion of good attendance.
To actively promote the safety and welfare of St Peter's students in and out of school through early identification of absence or absence patterns and taking appropriate action.
To work with the Safeguarding team as necessary and to report any Safeguarding issues to the Lead for Child Protection & Safeguarding

Working Hours:
Monday to Thursday 08:00-16:00 Friday 08:00-15:30

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£19,185.00 per year

Benefits: