Job Description

We are seeking to appoint an Attendance Officer to work closely with children, staff and families to manage attendance across the school. The successful candidate will play a key role in building strong relationships with families and external agencies, working collaboratively with them to improve attendance across the school.



The main responsibilities and duties will include:

to monitor and track attendance across the school to promote and apply intervention strategies to ensure high levels of attendance and punctuality of children within the school to maintain accurate electronic records using the school's MIS system support parents with attendance strategies, this may include home visits to support positive attendance the role will involve working closely with the school office and Pastoral teams
This is a busy post and will require someone who is well organised and able to work under pressure. Flexibility is essential as it may be necessary to work additional hours at busy times of the year.



We would love to hear from you if you:

are committed to improving attendance have excellent inter-personal skills have experience with supporting children and families have excellent communication, organisational and IT skills have high levels of confidentiality
The school will offer all successful applicants:

a thriving, successful school a school committed to your continuing professional development the support and expertise of our experienced and established team training will be provided as appropriate free access to the Employee Assistance Programme eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme Cycle to Work Scheme.
If you are an enthusiastic and dedicated professional who shares our values and is passionate about fostering ambition and aspiration in children, this role could be the perfect fit for you.


The application process



Applications must be made on the school's My New Term site.



Please ensure a full work history is completed including any gaps in employment and two referees are given. Please note Ferndown Middle School does not accept CVs in place of an application form. Incomplete application forms will not be shortlisted.



Please refer to the job description and person specification attached.



Safeguarding



The Castleman Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.



The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an Enhanced DBS Check, Child Barred List check, satisfactory references and a health check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.



Online search on shortlisted applicants



An online check will also be conducted on all shortlisted applicants. This check will form part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.



Right to work



This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process



This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The Ministry of Justice guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide via https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974 .



Queries



If you have any queries on any aspect of the application process or need additional information, please contact Michele Shield on 01202 876556 or email mshield@fernmid.dorset.sch.uk



Visits to the school



If you would like to visit the school, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment. To gain a greater understanding of our school values, curriculum offer and premises, please visit our school website.