Assistant Attendance Officer

Assistant Attendance Officer Responsible to the Assistant Principal and Attendance Officer, the Assistant Attendance Officer will be required: To build positive relationships, identifying barriers to attendance and working with families and colleagues to improve engagement with education. To work closely with the Inclusion Team, Heads of Year, SEND Department and Safeguarding Team to support vulnerable students, ensuring appropriate interventions are implemented to improve attendance, wellbeing and successful reintegration into school. To act as a key mentor for targeted students, delivering regular check-ins, attendance mentoring and agreed interventions. To support the successful reintegration of students following periods of absence, suspension or emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), helping them to re-engage with learning and school life. To contribute to weekly Inclusion Panel meetings, as well as other Team Around the Family/Child meetings and other multi-agency meetings where appropriate. Duties and Responsibilities Attendance To assist the Attendance Officer in monitoring and challenging student absences from school. Follow up on student absences and lateness by telephone or other means, on a daily basis with guidance from relevant colleagues, making appropriate referrals. To use data systems to identify vulnerable groups and provide challenge and support as necessary issuing Pre-Notice to Improve documentation when appropriate. Be an ..... full job details .....