Attendance Officer
Collingwood School & Media Arts College, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2HAThis job expired on 14 April 2024
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
14 April 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, term time: Hours of work – 37 hours per week, 8:30am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8:00am to 4:00pm on Fridays. Term time working plus 10 additional days to be worked during holiday periods. Personal holidays cannot be taken during term time.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £24294 - £25979 (pro-rata £21496.91 - £22987.90)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and suitably experienced Attendance Officer to join our School.
The role will involve improving whole school attendance outcomes and reducing persistent absenteeism by working with pupils, parents/carers and external agencies to improve attendance and punctuality across the school. You will support pupils and their parents/carers with interventions to improve attendance and punctuality such as establishing routines, as well as signposting to other local services (e.g. welfare and external agencies).
This role is term time plus 10 additional days (40 weeks per year in total).
The successful candidate will:
- Have experience of working with pupils and parents to improve attendance.
- Have excellent communication skills to establish effective working relationships with headteachers, external agencies etc.
- Be able to maintain manual and electronic records accurately.
The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, appropriate Level 3 qualifications and an ability to remain calm under pressure
What the school offers its staff
We are very proud of our achievements at Collingwood and the reputation we have gained for the high standard of education we provide. We are committed to continuing to improve the work we do and would welcome applications from people who will share this vision with us.
We work very closely with health professionals and other outside agencies holding regular clinics in school to support both the students and their parent/carers.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Collingwood School & Media Arts College
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 269 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@collingwood.northumberland.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01670 516374
Collingwood School & Media Arts College is a community special school that caters for pupils aged 2 to 19 with a wide range of special educational needs. The school offers a specialised learning environment to support the additional requirements of our students.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Northumberland