Attendance Officer - London, United Kingdom - Wapping High School

Description

Vacancy Advert

Job Title:

Attendance and Welfare Officer
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We are seeking to appoint a creative and inspirational Attendance and Welfare Officer who is ready for the next stage in their career._
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Are you an experienced _
Attendance and Welfare Officer_
seeking an opportunity that will support your career ambitions?:

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  Are you fully committed to working in a vibrant learning environment that is richly diverse and proud of its family feel and an environment where everyone truly does matter?:

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Are you ready to support a skilled and enthusiastic administration team?:

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  Do your high expectations of learning inspire and motivate students and staff?
• An outstanding Attendance and Welfare Officer who will work under the guidance of the SENCO to provide support to the Administration and Pastoral / inclusion teams.
• Have the experience of improving students with poor attendance knowledge of SIMS and excellent IT skills
• An excellent and empathetic communicator with students, parents/carers and staff.
• Excited by the opportunities presented by using the very best studentcentred learning methodologies and technologies in a motivated team of staff.

About Wapping High School:

• Inclusive richly diverse and successful Free School located in East London.
• A truly international school that broadens the horizons of everyone here.
• Wapping High is a coaching school for all students and staff.
• Is an innovative digital / technology rich environment.
• A school in which all students have their own Chromebook devices.
• Has a commitment to the provision of outstanding extracurricular experiences e.g national and international school trips and post 16 learning and university visits.

We offer:

• Competitive salaries based on experience and skills.
• The chance to learn from committed and experienced practitioners to develop new approaches in learning.
• Outstanding CPD opportunities.
• A supportive environment where staff are valued as an integral part of the Wapping High family.

Job Description - Attendance and Welfare Officer

About the role

Job Title:

Attendance and Welfare Officer

Salary:
Competitive salary offered based on skills and experience


Hours of Work:
Term Time only (pro rata) (39 weeks)


Accountable to:
Office Manager & SENCO


Main Purpose of Role

To be responsible for monitoring and increasing whole-school attendance, maintaining and promoting school safeguarding practices and building relationships with vulnerable students and their families.

Attitudes and Disposition

The Attendance and Welfare Officer plays a crucial role in ensuring our students are present and supported in a way that means they can access learning.

The post holder must be very proactive and self-organised, able to balance the demands of overseeing a process that focuses on the importance of clear boundaries and routines, with the need to be sensitive to the demands and backgrounds of students and their parents and carers which may hold them back from realising their full potential.

The role demands a person capable of rigorous dedication to processes, but also someone who can maintain a calm, positive, flexible and professional approach when dealing with stakeholders under complex and demanding circumstances.

Word processing, Excel and SIMS knowledge are highly desirable, but training can be provided.

The post holder will be expected to work as an integral member of the school's Pastoral Team and maintain absolute confidentiality in all school-related matters.

They must also prevent disclosure of information on sensitive personal issues.


Description of Duties and Responsibilities
Improving and maintaining the attendance of the School's students is a key priority.

The successful post holder will be required to carry out various tasks and duties, broadly under the following headings:


Students and parents

• Contact parents and carers of absent students on a daily basis in line with the school's attendance policy, ensuring unexplained absences are accounted for and monitored using SIMS.
• To positively promote and celebrate good attendance through interactions with students, preparing notices such as items for the Parent Bulletin, wholeschool displays celebrating attendance, speaking in assemblies, letters to parents, awarding certificates and arranging rewards etc. for raising and maintaining high standards.
• Persistently challenge low pupil attendance in order to promote a culture of positive attendance and punctuality that supports all students in achieving their full academic potential.
• Uphold the School's attendance policy and send out letters as required, maintaining records of communications with parents on file and on SIMS.
• Identify and collate information with regard to individuals and groups of students whose attendance needs to improve, particularly Persistent Absentees, using regular checks of the school roll.
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