Attendance & Family Liaison Lead for SEND

SAMpeople; North East; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascent Academies' Trust in the North East seeks an Attendance and Engagement Officer to support families, promote regular attendance and manage a caseload with multi-agency involvement. The role focuses on early help, engagement with parents and students, and collaboration with safeguarding teams.

You will work with the Local Authority educational welfare team to identify barriers to attendance and improve attendance, wellbeing and progression, within a full-time role offering development and

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent essential
• Demonstrates experience promoting and supporting good school attendance for young people with SEND
• Is able to demonstrate the link between safeguarding and attendance
• Shows understanding of factors that influence attendance
• Has clear understanding of how working with people from other agencies impacts attendance and well-being of young people
• Evidences how they would build positive and trusting relationships with families

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the academy’s early help and support for families
• Work directly with parents and students to support engagement in academy life, including access to early help services, attendance interventions and transitions
• Manage a caseload of students, engaging in multi-agency meetings where appropriate
• Collaborate with Academy Business Support on attendance recording and with Local Authority educational welfare teams
• Work with parents/carers in a non-judgmental and empowering way to improve attendance and engagement
• Identify reasons for non-attendance in partnership with families and other professionals to improve outcomes
• Partner with the Deputy Head Teacher (Pastoral) to monitor attendance data and implement strategies
• Act as a member of the Academy’s safeguarding team
• Subject to online searches as part of recruitment
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people with SEND

Skills

Attendance support

Safeguarding knowledge

Communication skills

Multi-agency collaboration

Education

GCSEs including Maths & English (4-9)

Job description

Ascent Academies' Trust in the North East seeks an Attendance and Engagement Officer to support families, promote regular attendance and manage a caseload with multi-agency involvement. The role focuses on early help, engagement with parents and students, and collaboration with safeguarding teams.

You will work with the Local Authority educational welfare team to identify barriers to attendance and improve attendance, wellbeing and progression, within a full-time role offering development and