Family Welfare Liaison & Attendance Officer

Hurst Green; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 26.000 - 28.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

SEN allowance

Zusammenfassung

Sutton School seeks an experienced Family Welfare Liaison & Attendance Officer to lead family support, strengthen engagement and improve attendance, enabling pupils to thrive.

Join a SEND specialist environment where pupils are known, valued and supported towards independence, with opportunities to coordinate multi‑agency work and contribute to wellbeing.

Qualifikationen

• Experience working with children and families, including vulnerable pupils and SEND needs.
• Strong knowledge of attendance, safeguarding and school systems.
• Excellent communicator, calm under pressure and skilled at de‑escalation and mediation.
• Ability to manage confidential records accurately and to lead small teams/admin support.
• Enhanced DBS (successful appointment subject to checks) and willingness to drive the school minibus when required.

Aufgaben

• Build positive, trusting relationships with pupils and families to remove barriers to learning.
• Lead attendance monitoring, home‑visiting and timely interventions to reduce persistent absence.
• Coordinate Family Support Delivery Plans, prepare reports and chair multi‑agency meetings.
• Support pupils through nurture work and small‑group interventions.
• Act as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and work closely with the DSL and external partners.
• Contribute to whole‑school wellbeing, produce parent communications and support open days.

Kenntnisse

Attendance management

Safeguarding knowledge

Communication skills

Confidential records

Enhanced DBS

Jobbeschreibung

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Family Welfare Liaison & Attendance Officer

Job Reference DUDLEY/TP/14383/5343

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent

£25,729 - £28,417 + SEN allowance. Term Time only, 39 weeks. First year salary will reflect number of working days remaining in holiday year.

Working Hours:

37

Location:

Sutton School

Closing Date:

01/11/2026

Job Type:

Schools / Academies - Support staff roles - Other - Support staff roles

Sector:

Education

Business Unit:

Sutton

Job Introduction

Family Welfare Liaison & Attendance Officer

Safe. Happy. Learning. — Towards Independence.

Join Sutton School and make a real difference to the lives of pupils and families. We are a specialist SEND school where every pupil is known, valued and supported to move towards independence. We’re looking for an experienced, compassionate Family Welfare Liaison & Attendance Officer to lead family‑help, strengthen family engagement and improve attendance so our pupils can thrive .

What you’ll do

• Build positive, trusting relationships with pupils and families to remove barriers to learning.
• Lead attendance monitoring, home‑visiting and timely interventions to reduce persistent absence.
• Coordinate Family Support Delivery Plans, prepare reports and chair multi‑agency meetings.
• Support pupils through nurture work and small‑group interventions.
• Act as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and work closely with the DSL and external partners.
• Contribute to whole‑school wellbeing, produce parent communications and support open days.

What we’re looking for

• Experience working with children and families, including vulnerable pupils and SEND needs.
• Strong knowledge of attendance, safeguarding and school systems.
• Excellent communicator, calm under pressure and skilled at de‑escalation and mediation.
• Ability to manage confidential records accurately and to lead small teams/admin support.
• Enhanced DBS (successful appointment subject to checks) and willingness to drive the school minibus when required.

Why Sutton School

• You’ll work in a warm, respectful culture where staff and pupils speak with kindness.
• Be part of a highly ambitious team preparing pupils for meaningful next steps — academic, vocational and social.
• Clear purpose and visible impact: your work directly improves pupil well‑being, attendance and life chances.
• Ongoing CPD and colleagues who know pupils and families exceptionally well

We are keen for prospective applicants to come and have a look around our wonderful school. We are therefore able to host visits around the school on Thursday 22nd October at 11am to see ’safe, happy, learning - towards independence’ in action . Please contact the school to book a tour should you wish to visit.

Closing Date - 1st November 2026 - 12pm

Shortlisting Date - 2nd November 2026

Interview Date - TBC

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

Effective from September 2022, KCSIE states as part of the shortlisting process schools and colleges should consider carrying out on-line searches, as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe. All shortlisted candidates are now subject to an on-line check and if there is anything concerning, then the shortlisted candidate will be asked to comment on it either prior to or at interview.

N.B., We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised dateshould we receive a large number of applications.