School Attendance & Inclusion Liaison Practitioner

East Sussex County Council; Lewes; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexi-time working

CPD opportunities

Generous leave entitlement

Travel expenses paid

Lease car scheme

Loans at preferential rates

Job summary

East Sussex County Council is seeking a School Attendance Liaison Practitioner to join the Education Division’s Team Around the School and Setting (TASS). The role focuses on improving school attendance, acting as a liaison between home and school, and delivering bespoke family support packages.

You will work with schools, children and families to improve attendance and outcomes for pupils with additional needs, building partnerships with external agencies and maintaining strong communication

Qualifications

• Self-motivation and a passion for inclusion and outcomes for children and young people and ability to communicate effectively with others and provide advice in accurate spoken and written English
• Interpersonal and communication skills and ability to engage with children, families and setting staff and ability to deal with difficult situations
• Ability to carry out person-centred, outcomes based planning and confidently and accurately demonstrate specific strategies when working with individuals, groups or cohorts
• Ability to build and maintain good productive working relationships with colleagues within the team, in settings and across services
• Organisational skills with the ability to effectively manage own workload and balance using own initiative against need to seek management guidance
• Experience of successfully supporting and demonstrating an understanding of the main approaches to working with children with protected characteristics and vulnerabilities

Responsibilities

• Support schools with attendance and liaison between school and home
• Draw up and deliver bespoke packages of support
• Work directly with schools, settings, children and families to support improved attendance and outcomes
• Provide a point of contact for parents to increase confidence and reduce anxiety
• Develop partnerships with outside agencies and form positive relationships with families to enable effective support for pupils

Skills

Self-motivation

Inclusion focus

Communication in English

Interpersonal skills

Person-centred planning

Team collaboration

Workload management

Understanding protected characteristic

Job description

East Sussex County Council is seeking a School Attendance Liaison Practitioner to join the Education Division’s Team Around the School and Setting (TASS). The role focuses on improving school attendance, acting as a liaison between home and school, and delivering bespoke family support packages.

You will work with schools, children and families to improve attendance and outcomes for pupils with additional needs, building partnerships with external agencies and maintaining strong communication