Attendance Officer

Smile Education Northwest are recruiting for an Attendance Officer.
The core values of our school is Ambition, Opportunity, and Community: They believe that every child, regardless of their background or starting point, is entitled to a world-class education. They want to ensure that students’ attendance, behaviour, and attitudes to self and to learning result in them achieving good outcomes. You will be working closely with your Head of Year and predominately working with one specific year group.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the behaviour, attendance, and support for students across the school. You will be monitoring their attendance, arranging home visits where required & offering support to them in school.
The school want to create a “home-from-home” feeling, which enables them to nurture the students and provide them with the best education experience once they’ve successfully engaged with them emotionally.
Therefore, the need someone who has experience in safeguarding, mentoring, counselling or SEMH who can build trusting relationships and provide security to our vulnerable learners and who are able to communicate clearly, confidently and demonstrate resilience in the face of high pressure circumstances.
About you:
Beneficial traits for this role include patience, resilience and approachability; you also need to have the ability to communicate effectively with the SENDCO, class teacher, external agencies and parents about SEND pupils learning and progress.
What are the benefits of working with us?
You will be working for a Crown Commercial Services (CCS) approved supplier with a team full of education experts! You will be paired with a dedicated consultant who will work closely with you to find the perfect employment opportunity to suit your needs and requirements.
You will follow Smile Educations quick and easy application process which includes a video interview with your dedicated consultant.
What are you waiting for?
Email your CV to tiffany@smile-education.co.uk and call me 0161 843 4838
We are committed to safeguarding children. Each applicant will be expected to undertake compliance checks including Prohibited list, Barred list, DBS and Qualifications.