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Teaching Vacancies; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD & career development

Staff wellbeing

Medicash

Cycle to Work

Job summary

St John Bosco Arts College is seeking a proactive Student and Family Engagement Officer to join the Attendance and Pastoral team. You will support students and families to boost attendance, punctuality and engagement with school, working with the Pastoral Lead and external agencies.

The role involves identifying attendance barriers, providing timely practical support and developing strategies to help students thrive, including home visits and liaising with safeguarding teams.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisation and ICT skills.
• Ability to build positive relationships with young people, families and professionals.
• Experience of working with children, young people, families and external services.
• UK driving licence is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Monitor attendance and identify patterns of absence and lateness.
• Make early contact with students and families where attendance is a concern.
• Undertake home visits and meetings with parents/carers to provide practical support.
• Develop strategies and action plans to improve attendance.
• Support students returning to school after absences.
• Collaborate with pastoral, safeguarding and external agencies to support vulnerable students and families.
• Support punctuality and assist with transporting students to attend school.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisation skills

ICT skills

Relationship-building

Experience with children/young people

Driving licence desirable

Tools

MS Office

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

St John Bosco Arts College is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Student and Family Engagement Officer to join our Attendance and Pastoral team.

This is a key role supporting students and their families to improve attendance, punctuality and engagement with school. Working closely with the Pastoral Lead, Attendance Manager, pastoral colleagues and external agencies, you will identify barriers to attendance and provide practical, timely support to help students attend regularly and succeed at school.

Key duties will include:

• Monitoring attendance and identifying patterns of absence and lateness.
• Making early contact with students and families where attendance is a concern.
• Undertaking home visits and meeting with parents/carers to provide practical support.
• Developing strategies and action plans to improve attendance.
• Supporting students returning to school following periods of absence.
• Working collaboratively with pastoral, safeguarding and external agencies to support vulnerable students and their families.
• Supporting punctuality and, where necessary, collecting students to enable them to attend school.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong organisation and ICT skills, and the ability to build positive and professional relationships with young people, families and other professionals. Experience of working with children, young people, families and external services, together with an understanding of school attendance, would be particularly valuable. A UK driving licence is desirable.

Above all, you will be approachable, resilient and solution-focused, with a genuine commitment to removing barriers and helping our students thrive.

St John Bosco Arts College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

What the school offers its staff

• Alongside excellent facilities and modern technology, colleagues benefit from high-quality CPD and career development,
• dedicate collaborative time,
• a strong commitment to staff wellbeing and workload reduction,
• and access to a range of employee benefits including Medicash and Cycle to Work.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school has an open culture around safeguarding. All adults recognise that they have a responsibility to protect pupils from harm and know that ‘it could happen here’. Staff have professional curiosity and share concerns in a timely manner. The safeguarding team are well trained and fully aware of their duties in line with Keeping children safe in education and other statutory guidance. The school fosters a culture of safeguarding; we seek expert advice and welcome scrutiny. With regard to sexual violence and sexual harassment we adopt the position that it is happening. Children are taught how to stay safe.