Attendance and Inclusion Officer

The Gorse Academies Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Richmond Hill Academy is seeking an Attendance and Inclusion Officer to promote attendance, punctuality and inclusion across the academy. You will work with pupils, families, staff and external agencies to remove barriers to attendance and strengthen engagement with the school.

The role includes providing administrative support to the SENDCo, ensuring SEND records and annual reviews are coordinated. Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of attendance improvement strategies and interventions.
• Experience working with parents/carers and external agencies to improve outcomes.
• Understanding of SEND procedures and statutory processes.
• Experience working in a school or educational setting.

Responsibilities

• Promote excellent attendance and punctuality across the academy.
• Work with pupils, families, staff and external agencies to remove barriers to attendance.
• Provide administrative and organisational support to the SENDCo, coordinating SEND records and annual reviews.

Skills

Attendance improvement

Parent collaboration

SEND procedures

Education setting experience

Job description

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate

Richmond Hill Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Attendance and Inclusion Officer. This role is of great importance to our academy. The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting excellent attendance, punctuality and inclusion across the academy.

You will work with pupils, families, staff and external agencies to remove barriers to attendance, improve outcomes and strengthen engagement with school. In addition, you will provide administrative and organisational support to the SENDCo, ensuring SEND records, documentation, annual reviews and statutory processes are effectively coordinated.

Potential applicants will have:

• Knowledge of attendance improvement strategies and interventions.
• Experience working collaboratively with parents/carers, external agencies and other professionals to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Understanding of SEND procedures and statutory processes.
• Experience working in a school or educational setting.

What we offer you:

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team - as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About us:

"Exceptional leadership at all levels has brought about considerable improvement for the opportunities and experiences of pupils in the school . Ofsted, March 2022

Richmond Hill Academy is a 'good' school with many areas of our work graded 'outstanding' by Ofsted. The transformation of our school has been possible due to the remarkable skill and commitment of our staff members and the support of our whole community.

Richmond Hill Academy is a school where 'staff are happy and feel listened to and well trained'. As one teacher said, 'I walk out of school happy every day.'

We are looking for people who want to join our remarkable team, be part of the next chapter of our school and work with children whose respect for one another and their community is 'breath-taking'.

As a school, we can offer you:

• Fantastic children, ready and eager to learn and grow.
• Supportive working environments where your talents will be valued and nurtured.
• Committed and passionate teams that champion the best outcomes for children.
• Opportunity to be at the cutting edge of educational development.

If you would like to know more about our academy, please visit our website at Richmond Hill Academy .

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and we welcome applications from people with disabilities as defined by the Equality Act. If you would benefit from any adjustments during the application or interview process, please inform us so we can support you appropriately.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

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The GORSE Academies Trust use 'OnlineSCR' for the processing of safeguarding checks - their privacy notice can be seen at: https://onlinescr.co.uk/policies/privacy-policy/ .

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.