Attendance and Welfare Officer

Witton Middle School (deemed Primary)

Old Coach Road

Droitwich Spa

Worcestershire

WR9 8BD

NOR: 405. Years 5, 6, and 7.

Attendance and Welfare Officer

Salary: £19,554 - £21,166 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

This is a pivotal role for our school, to address one of our key priorities – to raise attendance and continue to improve parental engagement.

The successful candidate will have effective communication and organisational skills, have experience of working with children, parents/carers and outside agencies, GCSE (or equivalent) English and mathematics at grade 4 or above, hold positive values, able to work as part of a team and have experience of working in a similar role.

The role will be a proactive one, to improve attendance levels across the school, with particular attention to disadvantaged children, children with SEND and Looked After Children.  It will entail monitoring and improving attendance, working with families to reduce and eliminate barriers to good attendance and contributing significantly to safeguarding procedures within school.

Closing date for application:  30 September 2019 at 9 am

Formal Interview date: 10 October 2019

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
 

For further details, please visit our website at www.witton.worcs.sch.uk

Suzie Bourne

Headteacher