Student Attendance & Welfare Officer

Teaching Vacancies; Wetherby; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts at major retailers

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Boston Spa Academy is seeking to appoint a dedicated Attendance and Welfare Officer to join our pastoral team. This role focuses on promoting excellent attendance and punctuality, removing barriers to learning, and supporting students to reach their full potential.

The ideal candidate will have a clean driving license, experience with young people, strong communication, and a solid understanding of attendance processes and safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Full clean driving licence.
• Experience of working with young people, ideally in a secondary school environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 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 to inform targeted interventions.
• Passion, drive and resilience to improve outcomes for young people.

Responsibilities

• Monitor attendance data and identify patterns to inform interventions.
• Identify and remove barriers to attendance for individual pupils.
• Conduct home visits when required and coordinate with families and external agencies.
• Build positive relationships with students, parents/carers and school staff to support wellbeing.
• Collaborate with pastoral leaders to implement targeted attendance strategies.

Skills

Driving licence

Youth work experience

Communication skills

Attendance processes

Data analysis

Student wellbeing

Job description

Boston Spa Academy is seeking to appoint a dedicated Attendance and Welfare Officer to join our pastoral team. This role focuses on promoting excellent attendance and punctuality, removing barriers to learning, and supporting students to reach their full potential.

The ideal candidate will have a clean driving license, experience with young people, strong communication, and a solid understanding of attendance processes and safeguarding.