Attendance and Pastoral Lead

Durham County Council; Spennymoor; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Delves Lane Primary School in Consett is seeking a part-time Attendance and Pastoral Officer to support pupil attendance and welfare. The role involves data analysis, family liaison, home visits and delivering drop-in sessions for parents and carers to improve engagement.

You will work with early help and safeguarding cases, build positive relationships with pupils and families, and help raise aspirations in a supportive school community.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Understanding of safeguarding procedures in education is required.
• Competent in ICT and able to maintain accurate records.

Responsibilities

• Analyse attendance data and identify pupils with attendance challenges.
• Liaise with families and carry out home visits.
• Organise drop-in sessions for parents and carers and provide pastoral support.
• Support early help and safeguarding processes and collaborate with school staff.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Safeguarding

ICT competence

Literacy & numeracy

Education

Full and relevant Early Years qualification

Job description

This position is fixed term for 1 year until 31 August 2027. The Governors of our fully inclusive, successful and welcoming school seek to appoint a part-time Grade 7 Attendance and Pastoral Officer. This post will start as soon as possible. This post is temporary for one year initially.

Are you passionate about making a difference? Do you possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills? Do you want to be part of a happy, strong, committed and aspirational team? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as an Attendance and Pastoral Support Officer.

This role is central to ensuring that young people, especially those facing attendance challenges, receive the best possible education and support to reach their full potential.

This role will involve offering support to the school in relation to the attendance and pastoral welfare of pupils, to improve attendance, pastoral work and parental engagement.

This will include conducting and analysing attendance data, liaising with families, carrying out home visits, organising and delivering drop-in sessions for parents and carers, pastoral work with children, working with early help and child protection cases as well as building a relationship with pupils and parents/carers.

We therefore require someone with excellent people skills, coupled with a calm but firm manner, to enable effective relationships to be forged with our children and their families, collaborating with them in school and off-site.

The successful candidate should be self‑motivated and well organised; able to work under pressure and have a high level of personal drive to identify and break down any barriers impacting pupil attendance. A willingness and desire to help raise aspirations, despite sometimes challenging behaviour and a lack of engagement is also essential.

You should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of safeguarding procedures in education and have excellent literacy and numeracy skills, alongside a competency in ICT.

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Applicants must hold a qualification that meets the approved ‘full and relevant’ criteria for Early Years qualifications and inclusion in staffing ratios.

Our school will offer:

• A supportive, inclusive, friendly and professional environment
• Enthusiastic and motivated children
• Highly skilled and committed staff
• Dedicated governors and a supportive school community

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, if successful, you will need to apply for an enhanced DBS disclosure.

As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.

Standard term time only pay is calculated on the basis of the following:

• Number of ‘teaching’ weeks – 38 weeks; plus
• Public (bank) holidays – 1.6 weeks (8 days); plus
• Individual leave entitlement – 5.4 weeks (27 days) or 6.4 weeks (32 days)

Individual leave entitlement is calculated on the length of continuous service. Employees with less than 5 years’ service will receive 27 days annual leave. Employees with more than 5 years’ service will receive 32 days annual leave. For example:

Calculation for employees with less than 5 years’ service:

38 weeks (term time) + 27 days (annual leave) + 8 days (public holidays) = 45 weeks’ pay, to be paid in 12 equal monthly instalments

Calculation for employees with more than 5 years’ service:

38 weeks (term time) + 32 days (annual leave) + 8 days (public holidays) = 46 weeks’ pay, to be paid in 12 equal monthly instalments

Closing Date: Wednesday 25th September at 4.00pm

Interviews: Friday 2nd October (PM)

Delves Lane Primary School

Delves Lane

Consett

DH8 7ES

Telephone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: https://delveslaneprimary.durham.sch.uk/