Attendance & Welfare Officer

Teaching Vacancies; Cullompton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government pension scheme

CPD opportunities

Staff wellbeing provision

Cycle to work scheme

Free tea and coffee

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is seeking an individual to help increase attendance and safeguard students in a school setting. The role involves working with staff, pupils and families with a focus on thorough, detail-oriented processes to improve overall attendance and safety.

The successful candidate will collaborate with school teams, participate in safeguarding commitments and support continuous professional development opportunities offered by Local Government frameworks.

Qualifications

• Experience in improving student attendance.
• Ability to work with staff, students and families.
• Keen eye for detail and thorough in approach.

Responsibilities

• Work with staff and families to increase student attendance.
• Monitor attendance data and ensure safeguarding and safety of pupils.
• Collaborate with school teams to implement attendance improvement plans.

Skills

Attendance improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to recruit an individual who is relentless in the pursuit of increasing attendance for every student and who is able to work skilfully with staff, young people and their families to support improving attendance. You will be an individual who has a keen eye for detail and is able to work in a thorough way to ensure the attendance and safety of our young people.

What the school offers its staff

• Eligibility to join excellent Local Government pension scheme
• Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities
• Access to staff wellbeing provision
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free tea and coffee.

Commitment to safeguarding

Uffculme School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.

NJC point 3 (Full time equivalent £25,614)