Student Attendance and Wellbeing Officer (Maternity Cover)
Workington Academy, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 4EB5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September
Closing date
6 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
30 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,286.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 8A/B
Student Attendance and Wellbeing Officer (Maternity Cover) job summary
Term Time working 38 weeks plus 2 weeks during school closure
Monday to Friday 37 hours per week
Workington Academy, part of the Cumbria Education Trust, is a dynamic and inclusive 11–18 secondary school committed to providing exceptional education and support to our students. Our ethos, "Be The Best You Can Be," underpins our dedication to fostering respect, responsibility, and resilience within our school community.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking an empathetic and proactive individual to join our Learning Provision Team as a Student Attendance and Wellbeing Officer on a maternity cover basis. This pivotal role focuses on engaging students and their families to overcome barriers to attendance and promote positive engagement with school life.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor daily student attendance and promptly follow up on absences. Our home visits are the heartbeat of our mission, turning follow-ups on absences into friendly check-ins that spark trust, laughter, and genuine connection with students and their families.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with students and families to encourage regular attendance.
- Collaborate with school staff and external agencies to support students facing attendance challenges.
- Maintain accurate records and produce reports for the senior leadership team.
- Support the school's safeguarding and wellbeing initiatives.
What We're Looking For:
- An approachable and empathetic communicator confident in engaging with families.
- Strong organisational and IT skills; experience with SIMS is desirable.
- A team player capable of working independently and using initiative.
- A commitment to student welfare and the ability to identify and address trends affecting attendance.
Why Join Us:
At Workington Academy, you'll be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on students' lives. We value professional development and offer opportunities to grow within our academy and the wider Cumbria Education Trust.
If you have the qualities we require, along with the passion and aspirations to contribute to the success of the School and the MAT, we urge you to hit the "Apply" button.
Cumbria Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS disclosure and Barred List checks are required for this post. You should not apply if you are on the Children’s Barred List. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, online searches are carried out on successful candidates.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Workington Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1276 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Workington Academy website
School location
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