Attendance Officer

What skills and experience we're looking for

Desirable:

• Experience of working with children and within a school attendance related service
• Up-to-date knowledge of attendance regulations
• An understanding of the issues affecting truancy and non-school attendance
• Working with young people and their families, preferably within an educational context

Skills and abilities:

• Well-developed administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to cope with stressful/conflict situations
• Ability to manage home visits
• Sensitivity in dealing with confidential issues
• Ability to persuade and negotiate and have the confidence to challenge difficult behaviour
• Flexibility and initiative to enable decisions to be made on a day-to-day basis to ensure deadlines and other requirements are met

• A happy school team who will share your enthusiasm.
• Opportunities to develop your own ideas and personality to make our school even better!
• Experienced and approachable leaders who will support you and your professional development.
• A kind, caring ethos that puts children at the heart of everything we do.
• We also offer employee benefits and onsite free parking,

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.