Attendance and Community Support Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3GP |
| Cwmni: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | c882fa4c-89a6-4b9c-a6cc-effbe08b630a |
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What skills and experience we're looking for
Attendance
• Contribute to the implementation, organisation and monitoring of all student attendance and punctuality matters in order that targets are met;
• Be responsible for visiting students where poor attendance and punctuality is a factor. Develop innovative and new ways of encouraging families to make attendance and punctuality at the Academy a top priority.
• Challenge unauthorised absence including the responsibility for home visits to investigate and challenge non-attendance.
• Develop and maintain effective and productive working relationships with all relevant agencies in relation to attendance, including family support workers, Elective Home Education Team (EHE) and Children Missing Education Team (CME) (within Nottingham LA) in order to work collaboratively together.
• Be responsible for referrals to the Educational Welfare Service (EWS) on all formal non-attendance procedures.
• Work with appropriate staff to develop individual action plans to improve attendance/punctuality with individual students when their attendance/punctuality gives cause for concern.
• Be responsible for enquiries relating to attendance and punctuality by students, parents/carers and staff.
• Develop specialist knowledge of attendance and punctuality issues and best practice and provide advice and guidance to the SLT on matters relating to attendance and community matters
Pastoral Administration
• Assist with student welfare duties
• Be proficient and responsible for using the Academy behaviour monitoring software (Go4Schools) and providing meaningful and accurate reports on student behaviour on a daily, weekly, termly and annual basis to support with the rewards and sanctions for the Academy.
• Work with relevant Academy colleagues on the development of student IEPs.
General Administration
• To undertake a comprehensive range of administration tasks, ensuring that work is prioritised and deadlines are met.
• Undertake general office duties, answering general telephone calls and face to face enquiries, photocopying, minute taking, etc.
• Enter and retrieve data relating to students onto the SIMS.net database and other software packages as required. Produce statistical reports from SIMS.net and other database packages.
• Contributing to the planning, development and organisation of office systems/procedures.
• Completing duties to ensure the safety and well-being of students, as directed by the Principal.
What the school offers its staff
• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Generous pension scheme
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Attendance
• Contribute to the implementation, organisation and monitoring of all student attendance and punctuality matters in order that targets are met;
• Be responsible for visiting students where poor attendance and punctuality is a factor. Develop innovative and new ways of encouraging families to make attendance and punctuality at the Academy a top priority.
• Challenge unauthorised absence including the responsibility for home visits to investigate and challenge non-attendance.
• Develop and maintain effective and productive working relationships with all relevant agencies in relation to attendance, including family support workers, Elective Home Education Team (EHE) and Children Missing Education Team (CME) (within Nottingham LA) in order to work collaboratively together.
• Be responsible for referrals to the Educational Welfare Service (EWS) on all formal non-attendance procedures.
• Work with appropriate staff to develop individual action plans to improve attendance/punctuality with individual students when their attendance/punctuality gives cause for concern.
• Be responsible for enquiries relating to attendance and punctuality by students, parents/carers and staff.
• Develop specialist knowledge of attendance and punctuality issues and best practice and provide advice and guidance to the SLT on matters relating to attendance and community matters
Pastoral Administration
• Assist with student welfare duties
• Be proficient and responsible for using the Academy behaviour monitoring software (Go4Schools) and providing meaningful and accurate reports on student behaviour on a daily, weekly, termly and annual basis to support with the rewards and sanctions for the Academy.
• Work with relevant Academy colleagues on the development of student IEPs.
General Administration
• To undertake a comprehensive range of administration tasks, ensuring that work is prioritised and deadlines are met.
• Undertake general office duties, answering general telephone calls and face to face enquiries, photocopying, minute taking, etc.
• Enter and retrieve data relating to students onto the SIMS.net database and other software packages as required. Produce statistical reports from SIMS.net and other database packages.
• Contributing to the planning, development and organisation of office systems/procedures.
• Completing duties to ensure the safety and well-being of students, as directed by the Principal.
What the school offers its staff
• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Generous pension scheme
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.