Temporary School Admin and Attendance Officer

The role is a long-term contract with the possibility of a permanent role after a successful 12 weeks.

Client Details

A SEN school in west drayton.

Description

* Ensure daily attendance registers are accurate and complete, and follow up with staff members about any incomplete data

* Follow up on any unexplained absences with parents/carers, escalating issues as appropriate in line with school procedures Initiate and oversee the administration of absence procedures, for example letters home, attendance clinics and engagement with local authorities/other external agencies and partners

* Manage attendance returns for the school census

* Manage the process of issuing penalty notices to parents

* Maintain accurate records of communications with parents/carers and relevant interventions

* Build and refresh knowledge of the school's MIS and other relevant systems

* Produce and interpret attendance reports for school leaders, identifying key statistics, reason for absence and any patterns of concern

* Track attendance of vulnerable groups of pupils and share information with school leaders

* Identify pupils that need additional support to improve their attendance

* Work with school leaders to identify appropriate interventions to improve attendance for particular groups or individual pupils

* Lead daily or weekly check-ins to review progress and the impact of support/interventions

* Work with school leaders to develop and revise the school's attendance policy

* Implement children missing education (CME) procedures when appropriate

* Provide regular reports to attendance organisations to raise awareness of emerging at-risk pupils

Profile

• Enhanced child and adult DBS
• Excellent written and spoken English
• School office experience
• Arbor MIS experience
• Attendance experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Data and excel experience
• Reliable
• Flexible
• Can do attitude and goes above and beyond to get the job done
• Team player
• Customer service
• Confident in liaising with parents and external providers
• Clean driving licence and own car
• Can do home visits to vulnerable parents and students
• Resilient
• Empathic and emotionally intelligent
• Confident to work in a SEN school with students with challenging behaviour

Job Offer

Potential perm after 12 weeks

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