Attendance and Welfare Officer

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wetherby; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Membership of pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Training and career development

Discounts and offers

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Boston Spa Academy is seeking an Attendance and Welfare Officer to join the pastoral team. The role focuses on raising attendance and punctuality, monitoring data, and shaping intervention plans while visiting homes when needed.

The post is term time only, 37 hours per week plus one extra week. Applicants should have experience supporting young people in a secondary school and hold Enhanced DBS clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young people and supporting them to overcome barriers to success.

Responsibilities

• Promote excellent attendance and punctuality across the academy.
• Work with students, families, pastoral leaders and external agencies to identify and remove barriers to attendance.
• Monitor attendance data.
• Support intervention strategies to improve attendance.
• Conduct home visits where required.
• Build positive relationships with parents and carers to improve outcomes for young people.

Skills

Communication

Attendance data analysis

Safeguarding knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Job description

The Attendance and Welfare Officer sits in the pastoral team at Boston Spa Academy, a secondary school, and works to raise student attendance and punctuality. The work involves monitoring attendance data, shaping intervention plans and making home visits, while building relationships with families and outside agencies to tackle barriers. The post is term time only, 37 hours a week plus one extra working week, and suits someone who has supported young people in a secondary school. Enhanced DBS clearance is required and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Promote excellent attendance and punctuality across the academy
• Work with students, families, pastoral leaders and external agencies to identify and remove barriers to attendance
• Monitor attendance data
• Support intervention strategies to improve attendance
• Conduct home visits where required
• Build positive relationships with parents and carers to improve outcomes for young people

What's required

Experience

• Experience of working with young people and supporting them to overcome barriers to success

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including building relationships with students, parents, carers, colleagues and external agencies
• Strong understanding of attendance processes, safeguarding responsibilities and factors affecting attendance and wellbeing
• Ability to analyse attendance data and use it to inform targeted interventions
• Passion for improving outcomes for young people, with drive, resilience and determination

Checks & eligibility

• Full enhanced DBS check
• Right to work in the UK
• Full clean driving licence

Nice to have

• Experience within a secondary school environment

What's offered

• Membership of a local government pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme giving confidential advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Continued investment in training and career development across the trust
• Discounts and online offers at major high street and online retailers
• £2k cycle to work scheme