Job Introduction
Crestwood Community School is one school, with two campuses serving central Eastleigh and Boyatt Wood. We are looking to recruit an Attendance Officer to work across both campuses.
Duties will include:
- being responsible for organising a daily check on children at risk of truanting,
- initiate and carry out truancy checks,
- chase up reasons for absence,
- liaising with Year Leaders and the Pastoral Team to provide support for students returning to school after a period of absence,
- perform home visits and liaise with parents, teachers and other professionals to improve attendance rates
- referring parents to legal for non-attendance once various interventions have been explored and not worked
- producing management information to provide to SLT and Year leaders regarding overall attendance, persistence absence and trends in data
Crestwood Community School had an Ofsted inspection in February 2024, which confirmed that we continue to be a ‘good’ school. The report stated that at Crestwood “there is a welcoming, friendly atmosphere”. They also said that “teachers and support staff, including those in the early stages of their career, are proud to work at the school. They particularly value school leader's careful consideration of their workload and well-being so that they can focus their efforts fully on pupils’ education.” In addition, Ofsted report that “many pupils, staff and parents describe the school as a ‘big family’. This is a happy school, where staff and students want to be. The #Crestwoodfamily pervades through everything we do.
We will ensure that the successful candidate has:
- comprehensive induction including a dedicated mentor
- continuous professional learning, development and improvement
- the opportunity to contribute to raising standards for all our students
As a school we take staff well being seriously. We offer staff the following:
- wellbeing weeks, with no commitments scheduled after school
- free lunch every day
- free tea and coffee
- half termly cooked breakfasts
- accrued inset days, taken as twilights, giving staff an additional 4 days off a year
- One wellbeing day per year (during term-time), to be taken at their chosen time (after a qualifying period)
- weekly thank you bulletin
- birthday cards
- heads discretionary leaves of absence for family events
- acts of random kindness
- access to mental health first aiders
Person Specification for Attendance Officer
Area
| Essential | Desirable |
Qualifications | Education to GCSE standard or equivalent with passes in English and Maths at grade C or above. | Further qualifications in the field of education or working with children/young people. |
Experience
| Experience of working with children and young people. | Experience of working in a school environment.
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Knowledge and skills | Well-developed interpersonal skills enabling effective relationships with a variety of people. Ability to be an effective team member Proficient user of ICT equipment including databases, spreadsheets and other software products. Effective communicator and capable of data analysis and presentation. | Experienced in using SIMS Experience of the Attendance Legal Panel. Experience of the attendance fines process. Experience of liaising with Children Services around children missing in education Understanding of how attendance issue may be a safeguarding concern
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Personal attributes | Capable of working on own initiative and prioritising workload. Good organisational skills. Professionally discreet and able to respect confidentiality on particular issues. |
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Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
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