Attendance Support Worker
Bartley Green School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3QJ10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Attendance Support Worker Salary: GRADE C4/C5 £27,719 - £30,111 (Actual Salary) Hours: 36.50 hours per week (term-time only plus 2 weeks) 8.30 am – 4.30 pm Monday – Thursday; 8.30am – 3.30pm Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- GRADE C4/C5 £27,719 - £30,111 (Actual Salary)
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Experience of working in a school or educational organisation or community setting.
- Experience of liaising with and supporting parent/carers.
- Experience of working with children/young people
- Experience of recording and administration of information.
- Experience of working in situations where skills of interpersonal negotiation are necessary.
Skills and Qualifications
- The ability to interact positively with staff, parent/carers, pupils, external agencies and members of the public.
- Knowledge of and ability to work effectively and communicate with, a wide range of organisations and people offering support, information, opportunities and guidance.
- Ability to work effectively with families in the home environment as a strategy to improve attendance.
- Ability to identify potential barriers to school attendance and engage in strategies to overcome these barriers.
- Ability to work with individual children to set goals jointly as part of their action plan to improve attendance.
- Skills of communication, verbal and written, giving advice and helping young people to identify their needs and potential.
- Excellent administration, organisation and IT skills.
- Ability to remain calm and work well under pressure, in a busy environment.
- Good standard of education, including English and Mathematics at GCSE grade C or above
Other Requirements
- Must have a full driving license and business insurance
- Must have use of a car
- Attendance at meetings/training/school events as required
- Ability
to demonstrate an understanding of policies and procedures in relation to
safeguarding, health and safety, equal opportunities, data protection and
confidentiality within the school environment.
What the school offers its staff
‘Warm and respectful relationships characterise life at this school. Pupils are happy and safe. Pupils value the support staff give them.’ Ofsted, March 2023.
Strong effective teaching and a stimulating environment characterise our school. Children of all abilities experience success, progress well, develop feelings of self-worth, and participate in a variety of interesting, enriching experiences in and out of the classroom. Our pupils are supported to grow into responsible, self-disciplined young people ready for the next stage of their lives. We welcome staff who are enthusiastic and enjoy teaching and working hard with and for our young people. In return, we invest hugely in staff support and development.
Bartley Green offers its staff benefits including
- a supportive working environment and team ethos,
- continuous professional development opportunities,
- free on site car parking,
- free annual flu jab,
- employee assistance programme,
- easy access to Birmingham city centre and the Worcestershire countryside
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Generous Pension Plan
- Enrichment and extracurricular – able to get involved in a wide range of activities from Music, to Sports, to DoE.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@bartleygreen.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bartley Green School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 940 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bartley Green School website
- Email address
- recruitment@bartleygreen.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0121 476 9246
‘Warm and respectful relationships characterise life at this school. Pupils are happy and safe. Pupils value the support staff give them’ Ofsted, March 2023
Strong effective teaching and a stimulating environment characterise our school. Children of all abilities experience success, progress well, develop feelings of self-worth, and participate in a variety of interesting, enriching experiences in and out of the classroom. Our pupils are supported to grow into responsible, self-disciplined young people ready for the next stage of their lives. We welcome staff who are enthusiastic and enjoy teaching and working hard with and for our young people. In return, we invest hugely in staff support and development.
Arranging a visit to Bartley Green School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bartleygreen.org.uk.
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