Attendance Support Specialist

4 days ago

Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Reading Borough Council Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Attendance Support Specialist to join our Education Access and Support Team at Reading Borough Council. As an Attendance Support Specialist, you will play a critical role in supporting the service to enforce regular school attendance, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Implement robust safeguarding procedures and apply local thresholds of need to cases of pupil welfare concerns, making appropriate safeguarding referrals as necessary.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key and senior staff members at allocated schools to monitor attendance.
  • Using a Therapeutic Thinking approach, plan with schools appropriate interventions to address attendance/welfare issues to support children.
  • Lead on identified projects to improve whole school attendance.
  • Provide advice, guidance, and support to schools to contribute towards their efforts to improve school attendance.
  • Maintain accurate up-to-date case files/records on our database to evidence planned interventions that can be used to support legal proceedings.
  • Lead Attendance Panel meetings with schools and families to develop a supportive plan to identify and reduce barriers to accessing education.
  • Build strong professional relationships with children, young people, and families of concern, which may include a range of interventions, e.g., outreach, home visits, school meetings, with occasional lone working.
  • Write professional letters and reports to support the Local Authority to meet statutory responsibilities, e.g., Court, Statutory Assessments, Child Protection, multi-professional meetings.
  • Work with Reading Borough Council's legal team to support successful prosecutions, including giving evidence in the Magistrates and Family Proceedings Court on behalf of the Local Authority as required.
  • Work in partnership with schools and partner organizations (e.g., Children Missing Education, Special Education Needs and Disabilities Team, Elevate, Health).
  • Contribute to the development of the Reading policy, procedures, and practice through review, monitoring, and self-evaluation.
Requirements:
  • Education to an A-Level standard or equivalent.
  • Good GCSE or equivalent passes, especially in English and Maths.
  • Knowledge of current Education legislation, including School Attendance and Safeguarding.
  • Good working knowledge of child protection and safeguarding processes, procedures, and thresholds.
  • Relevant professional qualification (e.g., Qualified teacher status, social work) with membership of appropriate professional body where relevant (e.g., GTC, HCPC) or NVQ level 4 in relevant field (e.g., Education Welfare, Learning Mentor or substantial experience as a Learning Support Assistant desirable).
About Us

Reading Borough Council is an independent, not-for-profit company, wholly owned by Reading Borough Council. Our responsibility is to deliver quality children's services, early help, education, and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services to children and families in Reading.

Our Offer

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged, and you'll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits, including:

  • Local Government Pension Scheme.
  • Discounted Childcare (on-site nursery).
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Season ticket loans.
  • A range of local discounts.
Inclusion and Diversity

We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people, and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organization that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled, and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people, and families so that equalities and justice remain at the heart of everything we do.

Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people, or people with long-term health conditions.

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