Access And Engagement Officer - Schools

 My client, a north London local authority, seek an experienced Access and Engagement Officer to support local schools improving attendance, carry out LA statutory functions around school attendance and elective home education.

The primary functions of the post are to ensure:

• The local authority fulfils its statutory duties in relation to school attendance by working closely with schools to secure timely interventions and consistency of approach to rewards and sanctions;

• Court Warnings and Penalty Notices are issued appropriately by quality assuring referrals from schools to confirm that due consideration is given to individual circumstances to ensure sanctions are applied consistently and fairly across Islington schools;

• Child employment and Elective Home Education processes are followed robustly with a sharp focus on the effective monitoring of safeguarding arrangements;

• The delivery of a customer-focused service through implementing agreed processes and prioritising tasks in order to meet deadlines and service specification requirements;

• Records are kept up-to-date, making full use of electronic recording methods e.g. LA pupil database (Capita ONE) as required

• The service always acts in a child’s best interests by consulting children on major decisions that will affect them so they understand the implications; initiating formal action only when it is clearly in the child’s best interests to do so;

• The continuous improvement of the service’s working relationship with schools

Immediate start

Hybrid working

Full time 35 hours per week

Hourly rate £22.62 PAYE / £29.62 LTD UMB