School Attendance Support Officer

Location: Catford

Our local authority client based in South London are urgently seeking an experienced School Attendance Support Officer.

*£189.16 a day Umbrella

Job Role

Proven experience in school attendance—within either a school setting or a local authority—is essential.

This is a new role created to implement the targeted termly support meetings with schools required under the statutory changes introduced in the Working Together to Improve Attendance guidance.

The key purpose is to improve attendance across schools in Lewisham given advice and guidance and leading schools with policy development as well as case advice.

This will be achieved by leading the targeted support meetings with schools, LA colleagues, and other agencies to identify pupils and cohorts at risk of poor attendance and agreeing target actions and plans to support pupils and ensure their right to education.

Analysing attendance data is an essential part of the role to enable solution focused approaches to help schools target vulnerable pupils and cohorts by reducing persistent absence (PA) and severe absence (SA) and improving attendance for all children and young people.

This is a term time only role.

Please apply with your updated CV ensuring that any gaps in employment are explained.

At this point, may we take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown in this role. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications that we receive, it is not always possible to respond to everyone. Therefore, unless you hear from us within the next 7 days, your application for this vacancy will have been unsuccessful