Student Attendance & Welfare Lead

The Ruth Gorse Academy; Leeds; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ruth Gorse Academy is seeking an Attendance Officer to join our pastoral team. You will promote excellent attendance and punctuality, support intervention strategies, and work with students, families and external agencies to remove barriers to success.

You will monitor attendance data, conduct home visits when required, and build positive relationships with parents and carers to improve outcomes and wellbeing across the academy.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young people, ideally in a secondary school environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build positive relationships with students, parents/carers, colleagues and external agencies.
• Strong understanding of attendance processes, safeguarding responsibilities and factors affecting attendance and wellbeing.
• Ability to analyse attendance data effectively and use this information to inform targeted interventions.
• A passion for improving outcomes for young people, with resilience and determination to make a difference.
• Full Clean Driving Licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Work with students, families, pastoral leaders and external agencies to identify and remove barriers to attendance.
• Monitor attendance data and support intervention strategies.
• Conduct home visits where required and build positive relationships with parents and carers to improve outcomes for young people.
• Promote excellent attendance and punctuality across the academy.
• Collaborate with the pastoral team to support student wellbeing.

Skills

Experience with young people

Communication and interpersonal skills

Attendance processes knowledge

Data analysis of attendance

Passion for improving outcomes

Education

Full Clean Driving Licence

Job description

The Ruth Gorse Academy is seeking an Attendance Officer to join our pastoral team. You will promote excellent attendance and punctuality, support intervention strategies, and work with students, families and external agencies to remove barriers to success.

You will monitor attendance data, conduct home visits when required, and build positive relationships with parents and carers to improve outcomes and wellbeing across the academy.