Attendance Lead

2 weeks ago

Hastings, United Kingdom East Sussex County Council Full time

Job Introduction
Do you want to make a difference to children and young people by helping them to access their education?

Do you have a passion for supporting schools, families, children and young people?

We are seeking an Attendance Lead to join the Team Around the School and Setting (TASS), part of the innovative Education Division of Children’s Services. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work directly with schools, children and their families to overcome problems which prevent regular school attendance.

As part of a team of experienced staff, you will work alongside professionals to draw up and deliver bespoke packages of support. Attendance Leads will provide advice, guidance and support to schools and staff in educational settings to improve the attendance and outcomes for all children and play an active role in the management team, line managing staff and supervising the work of Senior Attendance Officers. The role will ensure all statutory functions of the Local Authority, in relation to attendance and legal interventions are fulfilled.

The key function of this role is to:

- Support the Local Authority and schools in meeting their statutory duties with regards to attendance by offering advise, guidance and formal support options to schools and settings.
- Support all pupils to overcome barriers to attendance and ensure all children can access full-time education.
- Take responsibility for being a single point of contact to assigned schools in an area based team.
- Manage and allocate resources to enable termly conversations with every school to identify, discuss and signpost or provide access to services for pupils who are are persistently or at risk of or are severely absent.
- Directly line manage a team, allocating resources appropriately to best meet the needs of the service.
- Have a strategic approach to improving attendance for the area and make it a key focus of all frontline staff within schools, settings, and services.

The postholder will be an effective team leader who is committed to securing better outcomes for children and young people. The role will require the management of resources, high quality service delivery and an ability to work across teams.

Your primary focus will be to work directly with our schools and settings to providing advice and guidance around school attendance and to support schools through in school working to include workshops and group work. This will involve establishing positive, effective working relationships, which will lead to improved educational outcomes.

We are looking for a skilled practitioner with a genuine interest in this area, who is experienced in working within an educational setting to support attendance and engagement with learning. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with children, young people, families and school staff. Further to this, you will have demonstrable skills in:

- Assessing individual needs and monitoring progress against desired outcomes
- Ensuring that all work delivered to settings is in line with the wider aspirations of the Education Division and exploits opportunities for integrated working with partners at every opportunity.
- Identifying work priorities and managing your own workload to meet deadlines
- Communicating complex information clearly and confidently, orally and in writing, to a range of audiences

We currently have 2 posts available based at Cavendish House, Hastings. There is flexibility for some home working as part of a hybrid working model. You will be supported through regular supervisions, case discussions and peer support.

In addition to opportunities to grow your career within our team, we offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment, which include:

- Regular CPD opportunities
- A generous leave entitlement which increases with length of service, with the option to purchase additional leave
- Access to financial wellbeing resources and products
- A wide selection of discounts with high street retailers, holiday companies and more
- Travel expenses paid from allocated base
- Options for lease car scheme
- Loans for certain purposes at preferential rates
- The choice to be a member of the attractive Local Government Pension Scheme

Interviews will take place in person at Cavendish House, Hastings on Tuesday 12 September 2023.

**_Working within the Education Division is a privilege and offers the chance to support the people of East Sussex to live life to the full. In this job you assist with that every day._**

We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our benefits page.

**_For work that makes a difference_**

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points

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