We are seeking to appoint an experienced Attendance Officer to join our team.
The main role as Attendance Officer is to promote and provide an efficient attendance service for the Trust. The post holder is also expected to contribute ideas to design and effectively run attendance.
The main purpose of the role is:
· To contribute to raising achievement by improving pupil and student attendance
· To provide a specialist service to assist the Trust in meeting their obligations and targets in relation to pupil/student attendance, especially persistent absence
· To promote positive attitudes by pupils, students and families towards education and to ensure that parents and carers are made fully aware of their statutory responsibilities
· To make unsupervised contact with families in their own homes and elsewhere to
assess the reasons impacting on the attendance of individual pupils/students, facilitating their return or access to regular full time education provision
· To establish and develop a professional service to support the school in raising
attendance, investigating persistent absences and improving punctuality
A Support Staff application form is available below and must be sent along with a covering letter to arrive by noon on Wednesday 11th December 2024to mdjohn@qegsblackburn.com. Please note CV’s cannot be accepted.
The school is committed to safeguarding the welfare of our children and young people and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS clearance.