Attendance Support Officer

This Bradford Council post supports children to attend school regularly, working with schools and families to find and remove what keeps them away. The work centres on engaging persistently with children, families and schools, then planning packages of support drawing on Early Help, social care, health and police services. Where families do not engage, the role may involve the council's legal powers to enforce attendance.

The post is term time only, 39 weeks a year, and an Enhanced DBS check with barred list is required.

• Uncover barriers to school attendance by engaging persistently with schools, children and families
• Plan packages of support to remove barriers and help children attend more regularly
• Work with schools, families and services including Early Help, Children's Social Care, NHS and Police
• Use knowledge of support services and initiative to resolve complex attendance problems
• Consider the council's legal options to enforce attendance where families fail to engage

• Experience of working with children, young people, their families and schools

• Knowledge of barriers to excellent school attendance
• Knowledge of legal options for enforcing school attendance
• Knowledge of Early Help processes and procedures
• Working individually and as part of a team to resolve complex problems

• Enhanced DBS check with barred list

• Strong desire to make a difference to children and young people in the Bradford District
• Naturally inquisitive and professionally curious
• Optimistic, reliable and energetic

• RESPECT Allyship Programme, open to all staff, with learning and resources on diverse communities