Attendance Officer

Responsibilities

• Undertake partnership working with the local authorities, schools, alternative provision providers and other relevant agencies assisting in their duties to fulfil statutory responsibilities to safeguard pupils and ensure regular attendance in school.
• Be responsible for the traded service delivery to an allocation of schools and drive attendance improvement through data analysis, delivery of the SLA menu of support and targeting support meetings.
• Participate in multi-agency working to ensure children and families receive the right support at the right time.
• Investigate offences relating to poor or non-school attendance and where necessary, prepare prosecutions in relation to these offences and present cases at court.
• Undertake a role regarding the statutory functions in relation to Children Missing Education including home visits.
• Act as the Lead Professional for cases with additional and complex needs regarding school attendance and social inclusion by way of early intervention, welfare referrals and pre-NEET support.

Requirements

Must have Standard DBS

Must have previous experience in working within local authority or school attendance teams

Special Circumstances

will be required to travel around the and provide onsite support visits to schools

If interested, please submit CV and call Varsha on (phone number removed) between 9am to 5PM (Mon to Fri)