Attendance and Engagement in education officer

Herefordshire Council; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Herefordshire Council is seeking an Attendance and Engagement in education officer to work with children not attending school. The role involves collaboration with families and teams to improve educational access and outcomes. The successful candidate will have a strong background in engagement and attendance management, contributing to the council's mission of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Benefits

Generous Annual Leave: 31 days plus bank holidays

Flexible working arrangements

Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 support

Payment of professional membership fees

Access to retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits

Qualifications

• Proven track record of working with children and young people.
• Experience of managing attendance and liaising with families.
• Skills to support local authority in improving outcomes for children.

Responsibilities

• Work with attendance and inclusions teams to ensure access to education.
• Ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.
• Support safeguarding of children and young people.

Skills

Experience working with children and young people

Managing attendance

Liaising with families and colleagues

Job description

Attendance and Engagement in education officer (Home education/Alternative provision focus)

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About The Role

Job Title: Attendance and Engagement in education officer (Home education/Alternative provision focus)

Hours: 37

Salary: HC8 £35,235 - £39,513 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: 08/06/2025

Interview date: 12/06/2025

Start date: ASAP

Come and join us on our Restorative Journey of Improvement to gain the best for children and families in Herefordshire

The Role

In Herefordshire, we care about our people and how we deliver services to our community. We want to attract the best talent. In the Education, Skills and Learning Service we encourage a culture that puts children and young people at the heart of everything we do, by empowering our people to collaborate, think innovatively, make decisions and find solutions. Join us and be part of something better.

We wish to recruit an experienced attendance and engagement officer to join the team. The attendance and engagement officer will work with the attendance and inclusions teams to ensure that children and young people who are not attending school are able to access education to meet their needs.

You will have a proven track record of working with children and young people, with experience of managing attendance and liaising with children, families and colleagues to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.

The successful candidate will have the requisite skills set to support the local authority to improve outcomes for children.

Safeguarding of children and young people is taken seriously by the council and a disclosure and barring services check will be undertaken for successful applicants.

Benefits Of Working For Herefordshire Council:

A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

• Pension Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
• Generous Annual Leave: 31 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum
• Flexible working: flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours and, in some instances, home working
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
• Payment ofprofessional membership fees
• Pick your perks - our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.
  
  

About Us

Herefordshire is a beautiful, historic county located in the heart of the Marches on the border with Wales. We are one of the most rural and sparsely populated counties in England with a wealth of unspoilt countryside, distinctive heritage, and lively and attractive market towns.

Our priority in Herefordshire is to keep children safe and give them a great start in life. It's the priority for the council, our partners and for all of us who work with Children & Young People.

How do we do this? By having dynamic, dedicated, passionate and professional staff who work in a culture that focuses on what we can achieve with children, what they can achieve themselves, and the relationship we build with families and partners to enable this. We have invested heavily in training and developing staff in our relational practice approach with our improvement partner Leeds City Council, so it's an exciting time to join Herefordshire - we believe in investing in you so you can be the best you can be!

Herefordshire has a really strong team ethos. Our teams are passionate about the work they do and the positive difference they and the teams they are in make to people's lives. This is all underpinned by the focus and support from their managers and the council as a whole.

We will deliver better support to our most vulnerable children and their families, develop stronger relationships with partners across the region, and beyond.

Therefore, we take our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults seriously and expect all of our staff, visitors and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Come to Herefordshire and join the journey.

Herefordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks.

We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.

The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

• Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the "Disability Confident" scheme;
• Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, or their families. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant; and
• Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.
  
  

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this role.

To apply, please submit your CV and complete the supporting statement within the application form, referring to the job description & person specification, detailing how you meet the specific requirements of the role.

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