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SalaryEssential to have :
Driving Licence
Access to own vehicle as travelling will be expected.
Preferable: enhanced DBS - Children
Hybrid basis home/school visits around Walsall Borough, WFH 1 day a week
37 hours per week Monday to Friday,
Inside IR35
- Main purpose of the job role:
- Provide an additional service for schools to manage their whole School Attendance strategy.
- To investigate and respond to irregular School Attendance at the earliest opportunity
- Understand the business element of the service and be customer focussed whilst being an advocate for a child.
- Direct work with schools, families and students in connection with irregular School Attendance, including home visits.
- Contribute to or take the role of lead in respect of multi-agency meetings when necessary to do so.
- To identify children at risk of becoming persistently absent and instigate early interventions to support a resolution for irregular attendance.
- To take the lead on all service interventions which support schools in reducing pupils at risk of becoming irregular attendees.
- Understand the process for self - evaluation and self - reflection when working with schools to improve School Attendance.
- Implement a graduated response for School Attendance, including understanding the requirement to implement legal action for parents who do not respond to early intervention.
- Work within the Council s priorities to safeguard children and young people.
- Main Role specific duties:
- To support the School Attendance Support Service with home visits to support attendance.
- Participate with, contribute to and/or lead a range of multi-agency / professional meetings, which are in connection with safeguarding children and young people or their irregular School Attendance.
- To provide written feedback and evaluation of commissioned work at suitable intervals as requested.
- To make an objective assessment in order to determine the appropriate method of intervention.
- To liaise and negotiate with other professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure that the best possible service is provided, including attending relevant meetings on individual children and young people as required.
2a. Other Role specific duties and accountabilities:
- To use personal knowledge, skills and strategies to assist the client group to change or modify attendance and behaviour and/or attitudes as appropriate.
- To source support from other services and agencies in order to ensure appropriate interventions are in place for children and families.
- To support client schools in analysing their attendance statistics and planning and target setting to improve.
- To maintain accurate and appropriate records in respect of casework and provide written feedback to schools to ensure appropriate transfer of information.
- To comply with required administrative procedures.
- To have knowledge of the agreed child safeguarding procedures, to attend case conferences core groups and to attend Court and to give evidence as required.
- To be aware of the legislation for child employment and child entertainment and the service requirements to support compliance with the legislation.
- To contribute to the process of assessment for special education needs as required.
- To support schools, as part of the commissioned service support pupils at risk of exclusion from school.
- Compliance with the Walsall Children s services Equality and Diversity Policy
- To undertake any other duties as directed from time to time, to meet the exigencies of the service.
- To communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
- Corporate duties and accountabilities:
- The post holder will comply with and promote the Council s Health, Wellbeing and Safety at Work policies and ensure these are implemented effectively within his/her areas of responsibility.
- Through personal commitment and clear action, the postholder will promote the Council s employment policies, with particular reference to diversity, equality of access and treatment in employment, service delivery and community involvement. To support/develop a working culture within these services that reflects the corporate vision.
- Ensure that the services provided aligned to the Council strategy, vision, aims, objectives, priorities and continuous improvement programme and play their part in achieving these. This includes compliance with Standing Orders, Financial Regulations, Code of Conduct and the Councils Policies and Procedures.
- This job description sets out a summary of the duties and accountabilities of the role. It is not intended to be exhaustive.
