Attendance & Safeguarding Coordinator (Education)

Birmingham City Council; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 37.000 - 46.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid working

Zusammenfassung

Birmingham City Council is seeking a Managing Attendance Coordinator to join the Children and Families Directorate. The role is permanent, grade C, £36,581-£45,529, 36.5 hours per week, with hybrid working requiring presence in council buildings as needed.

You will act as the single point of contact for Birmingham’s special schools on pupil attendance, meeting with schools, using attendance data to agree targeted actions and access services for children with poor attendance.

Qualifikationen

• At least two years of casework experience in schools, youth services, social care or LA attendance services.
• Experience working within statutory timescales and providing timely advice, support and guidance.
• Experience with extensive computerised systems including word-processing, databases and spreadsheets and producing statistical reports.
• Ability to work independently within clear guidelines and also effectively in a collaborative team environment.

Aufgaben

• Build positive relationships with senior attendance champions in schools.
• Provide advice on attendance policy, multi-agency support and contribute to school attendance action plans.
• Advise on safeguarding thresholds and how to share concerns with other agencies.
• Lead or contribute to multi-agency meetings for children with severe absence.
• Disseminate best practice and support attendance working groups to ensure appropriate procedures.

Kenntnisse

Casework experience

Safeguarding knowledge

Statutory timescales

Computerised systems

Data reporting

Tools

Word processing

Databases

Spreadsheets

Statistical reports

Jobbeschreibung

Birmingham City Council is seeking a Managing Attendance Coordinator to join the Children and Families Directorate. The role is permanent, grade C, £36,581-£45,529, 36.5 hours per week, with hybrid working requiring presence in council buildings as needed.

You will act as the single point of contact for Birmingham’s special schools on pupil attendance, meeting with schools, using attendance data to agree targeted actions and access services for children with poor attendance.