Attendance Adviser

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Barking and Dagenham School Improvement Partnership Full time

**BDSIP is recruiting an innovative and committed Attendance Adviser**

Do you:

- have a passionate commitment to ensuring all learners, including the most vulnerable, maintain outstanding school attendance to support best educational outcomes?
- have a warm, authentic and inspiring approach to working in partnership with children/young people, families and schools?
- have a proven track record of supporting positive change when working with children/young people and their families?
- have a working knowledge of current legislation and statutory guidance in relation to school attendance?

We are recruiting an Attendance Adviser for **40 hours per week** to deliver high quality support and advice to schools to ensure outstanding attendance for all learners. The salary is **£31,200 pro rata** and as an **equal opportunities employer**, we offer flexible working arrangements and will consider term-time only contracts. This post has a minimum of 4 days allocated specifically to the Attendance Service. The additional 1 day will be allocated to projects supporting our Core Team.

**What would BDSIP offer you in return?**

A dynamic, thriving environment where you will:

- roll your sleeves up and work hands-on with colleagues in our partner schools, modelling effective practice and working closely with young people.
- share knowledge and expertise within a team of inclusion and school improvement experts.
- shape best practice approaches in schools to ensure the educational and social inclusion of our most vulnerable learners.
- collaborate in the development of BDSIP’s strategy to promote inclusion and secure the best possible outcomes for all learners.
- lend your voice to the national debate about effective approaches to achieve inclusion for all.
- guarantee a commitment to your continuing professional development so your practice is informed by the most current pedagogy.

BDSIP is a not-for-profit organisation who provide professional educational services to schools as a **trusted partner**.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and post holders to share this commitment.
- For more information, please see bdsip.co.uk/careers/
- Interviews will take place on Friday 12th January 2024 at CU London, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7BN.
- Successful applicants will be notified by Monday 15thJanuary 2024.

Attendance Adviser

Job description

Purpose and main activities

To work with schools to improve the attendance of pupils, which in turn improves whole school attainment and chances of success for all pupils.

Work with the BDSIP team, colleagues at Barking and Dagenham Council, and our family of schools in the borough to improve attendance by:
Having a knowledge of legislation regarding schools’ legal responsibilities towards attendance, including preparation for Ofsted.

Offering strategic advice to schools based on data analysis, supporting a whole school approach to attendance and, ultimately, reducing persistent absence.

Ensuring school leaders are kept up-to-date on such issues as legislation, policy and developments in attendance which affect school systems.

Working closely with schools to identify vulnerable pupils.

Working with an agreed caseload of students and their families where absence is causing concern to provide solution-focused support to improve school attendance.

Engaging hard-to-reach families with the aim of developing better attitudes towards education and improving better learning outcomes for all pupils.

Contributing to the work of multi-agency teams and provide advice for supporting improvement of attendance.

Producing robust paperwork to support court cases, as required.

Design, deliver and evaluate high-quality CPD for Attendance to school-based staff, governors, parents/carers and other professionals, as required.

Develop and maintain effective relationships with other Advisers at BDSIP to:
ensure that information and data on the performance of individual institutions, children and young people, and groups of children and young people is shared and acted upon.

ensure the Attendance service is responding to trends or priorities across groups of schools to refine the service offer promptly and efficiently.

promote collaborative working through Attendance networks to address key priorities both nationally and locally.

This post has a minimum of 4 days allocated specifically to the Attendance Service. Any additional time will be allocated to supporting the BDSIP Core Team with key business support functions, events and projects.

Person Specification Essential Desirable Education

Degree or equivalent.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £31,200.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

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