KM Recruitment is a specialist UK wide recruiter for the Skills and Employability Sectors

Job Title: Attendance Officer / Educational Welfare

Location: Merseyside – Must be flexible with travel
 
Salary: £23,600 - £28,600 Including Car Allowance, and depending on skills and experience

Package includes: Excellent holiday entitlement, Pension + more
 
Type: Full time, Permanent
 
Duties:

• Monitor student attendance and ensure statutory / contractual compliance, and drive for improvement in attendance and punctuality across all Schools.
• Provide support to teaching and support staff in each school, contributing to achievement of excellence in educational standards.
• Represent the School(s) at external meetings.
• Carry out unsupervised home visits and meetings both at school and off site as and when required and carry out all work in line with Child Protection /Safeguarding Procedures.
• Ensure school records are updated and analysed, identifying non-attendance or poor punctuality.
• Meet with staff, students and parents to establish the reasons for non-attendance, and agree a plan to resolve any issues.
• Lead an example of excellence as a classroom practitioner, motivating teaching staff and support in Maths and English delivery (covering tuition, as and when required
• Provide guidance and coaching in the delivery of SEND practices within the school, ensuring quality of teaching and learning.

Essential Criteria:

• Hold or working towards QTS or QTLS.
• Have experience in working with secondary students who show challenging behaviour, or those who are not suited to mainstream education.
• Experience in developing SEND students.
• Previous experience in developing, monitoring, and evaluating an aspect of school provision.
• Knowledge of current education issues and developments, and strategies for improving attendance and standards of achievement.
• Confident and professional, with the ability to inspire and motivate young people.

Please note:

KM Recruitment receive a high number of applications for each role advertised and although we would like to we are not always able to deliver feedback to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not been contacted within 4 days then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest and keep an eye on our website for future opportunities.