Attendance Improvement Officer
Ibstock School, Ibstock, Leicestershire, LE67 6NE18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
4 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Full time salary: £26,427 – £28,776 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
*** Please apply via E-Teach***
Essential
- 5 GCSEs (A-C) including mathematics and English
- Two years’ experience of working in an education setting or health and social care
- Experience of working effectively with young people
- Experience of working effectively with parents / carers
- Full, clean driving licence
Desirable:
- IT qualification e.g. ECDL / RSA / CLAIT
- Experience of working collaboratively with other agencies
- Experience of working with young people with complex emotional and behavioural needs
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential:
- Good standard of literacy and numeracy
- Excellent knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures
- Good knowledge of effective ways of managing student attendance.
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to work effectively with young people with challenging behaviour.
- Able to devise and monitor effective programmes for attendance improvement.
- High level skills in counselling and mentoring.
- Able to work well with external agencies involved in improving attendance.
- Highly effective team member.
- Able to anticipate and defuse conflict.
- Excellent ICT skills and ability to interpret data.
- Ability to produce clear reports and keep concise accurate records.
- Excellent organisational and presentation skills.
- Anticipate problems, develop creative solutions.
- Listen to and reflect on feedback from others.
- Excellent personal presentation
- Able to build and maintain positive relationships with individuals.
- Prioritise, plan and organise self.
- Use of ARBOR or equivalent school management information system
- An interest in educational issues
- A commitment to inclusion
- Positive attitude
- Genuine concern for the welfare of others
- Initiative and self-motivator
- Calm disposition
- Willing to accept the demands and challenges of the post and respond in a flexible manner.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of the impact of special educational needs on behaviour
- Knowledge of ARBOR database
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential:
- An enthusiasm for working with young people.
- Flexible with a ‘can-do’ approach
- Integrity, empathy and patience
- Able to manage sensitive and confidential situations.
- Able to work under sustained pressure while remaining cheerful and resilient.
- Able to react appropriately to problems and unexpected situations, making rapid decisions and taking the initiative.
- Able to operate effectively as a member of a team with minimum supervision.
- Self-motivated
- Loyal and dependable
- Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and Ibstock School.
What the school offers its staff
At LiFE Multi-Academy Trust, we are committed to fostering a collaborative, supportive, and dynamic environment where every member of staff is empowered to thrive. With a strong emphasis on professional development, well-being, and equality, we invest in our people through coaching, personal improvement plans, and diverse progression opportunities. Our Trust is built on the values of teamwork, creativity, and shared ambition for student success, and we actively promote a healthy work-life balance. We are always seeking passionate educators and support staff who align with our ethos to join us in making a lasting impact on young lives.
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.
Applying for the job
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About Ibstock School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 808 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ibstock School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- s.wheeler@ibstockschool.co.uk
Ibstock Community College has 570 students on roll and is at the heart of the local community, serving families in Ibstock and the surrounding villages of North-West Leicestershire. We are at an exciting stage in our development with plans to expand from a Key Stage 3 (11-14) school to welcoming students from 11-16 from autumn 2022. We also anticipate exciting future developments and opportunities when we join LiFE Multi Academy Trust later this academic year.
As students, staff, parents and governors we share the following values and beliefs:-
Resilience
Equity
Success
Pride
Encouragement
Curriculum
Trust.
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all posts.
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