Attendance Officer - Bromsgrove, United Kingdom - NORTH BROMSGROVE HIGH SCHOOL

NORTH BROMSGROVE HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH BROMSGROVE HIGH SCHOOL
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Bromsgrove, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job Title:
Attendance Officer


Accountable to:
Student Welfare Officer and Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral


Scale:
SC4 Pt hours per week (Thursday and Friday) - TTO Plus 2 Teacher Training
Days (This is a job share)


MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:


  • To support strategies which will contribute towards improving attendance and progress in school.
  • To work with the school, students, families and other agencies to secure good attendance at school and to help address issues arising from school nonattendance.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:


  • To ensure all registers are accurately taken and coded.
  • To liaise with all staff to ensure that all students are accounted for and adequately safeguarded in line with KCSIE
  • Improve attendance and punctuality of all targeted students especially those who are designated as receiving pupil premium
  • To ensure all rewards and sanctions relating to attendance and punctuality, in line with school policy, are applied.
  • To contact the parents of persistent absentees, in liaison with the Progress Leader and to visit at home were appropriate
  • To follow up in school persistent absentees
  • To provide individual support, monitoring and guidance for nonattending students
  • Maintain high standards in record keeping, letter and report writing
  • Provide support and advice to pupils in line with promoting their personal development, behaviour and welfare.
  • To liaise regularly and work in partnership with a range of people from Children's' Services and other partner agencies to improve school attendance and behaviour.
  • To follow school procedures with regard to administration including case recording, responses to referrals and formal nonattendance procedures
  • To regularly liaise with Progress Leaders, SENCo, Form Tutors and Pastoral Managers
  • To liaise with middle schools on attendance issues
  • Initiate the 'Children Missing education' procedures where necessary in liaison with the school and Education Welfare Officer.
  • To provide support/back up to Attendance and _Behaviour_ Administrator when absent.
  • Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures in relation to child protection and all aspects of safeguarding children
  • Supporting students who are absent for longer than usual periods of time due to e.g. illness, bereavement etc.

Communication & Liaison

  • Arrange for work to be set and collated for exclusion and other pupil absence.
  • To contact students with messages relating to lessons, messages from home, collecting information from form tutors etc.
  • To speak to parents/visitors relating to student support and attendance matters
  • To liaise with the school's Student Welfare Officer to identify specific areas of concern or where progression is needed with regard to absence/lates.

Professional Standards and Development:


  • To respect the confidential nature of information in relation to the school and pupils.
  • Individuals have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people he/she is responsible for or comes into contact with.
  • To ensure all tasks are carried out with due regard to Health and Safety
  • To adhere to the ethos of the school:
  • to promote the agreed vision and aims of the school
  • To set an example of personal integrity and professionalism
  • Attendance at appropriate staff meetings and parents' evenings.
  • To participate in INSET on pastoral developments and help incorporate such developments into Pastoral Systems and Management.
  • Be a role model to students through personal presentation and professional conduct
  • Cover for absent colleagues as is reasonable, fair and equitable
  • Be familiar with the School and Department handbooks and support all the School's policies, e.g. those on Health and Safety and Attendance
  • Establish effective working relationships with professional colleagues and associate staff.
  • To assist with the organisation of house competitions, celebration assemblies and rewards trips/events with the Progress Leader.

Other duties:


  • To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job
  • To undertake health and safety duties commensurate with the post and/or as detailed in the School's health and safety Policy

PRINCIPAL CONTACTS


Students, parents, Student Welfare Officer, Progress Leaders, Form Tutors, teachers, school support staff and representatives from Worcestershire County Council and other agencies.


Notes:


  • The school reserves the right to alter the content of this Job Description, after consultation, to reflect changes to the job or services provided, without altering the general character or level of responsibility.
  • The duties described in this Job Description must be carried out in a manner which promotes equality of opportunity, dignity and due respect for all employees and service users and is consistent with t
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