Attendance and Welfare Officer
Key Information
Location: Wingfield Academy
Salary: Point 19 - 23 – Actual salary £22,735.98 - £24,752.03 (dependant on experience) per annum (£25,927 – £28,226 full time equivalent)
Contract Type: Full time, 37 hours per week, term time only (+5 INSET days)
Contract Term: Permanent
Dates
Closing Date: Monday 4th July
Start Date: Thursday 1st September
About this Opportunity
An exciting opportunity to join a team who teach, model, and encourage a love of learning, collaboration, and compassion for others.
Wingfield Academy is looking to appoint an Attendance and Welfare Officer to join our committed and dynamic team. To secure the beneficial and regular attendance of all students of the academy. We are looking for an individual who holds relevant experience of working closely with families and students.
We are looking for an individual who has excellent communication skills, a meticulous attention to detail and a pro-active attitude to problem solving. The successful candidate will be supporting students and families and working closely with other agencies. They will always be striving to achieve the best attendance levels for all, and where necessary, they will be carrying out the statutory duty of legal action.
The suitable candidate will work alongside the Director of Students Standards and lead the Attendance Team, helping devise strategies to maintain high student attendance levels, improve punctuality and reduce unauthorised absence at the academy and across the academy. As the secondary arm of the trust develops, the candidate could have the opportunity to developing practice across schools within the trust.
In return we can offer:
- A ‘child centred, progress focused’ academy ethos.
- A cohort of students with high standards of behaviour and a willingness to learn.
- A welcoming and supportive community, where staff really do matter.
- An academy with a well-established culture of hard work and high expectations.
- A supportive loyal and committed Leadership Team with a clear vision of raising standards of teaching and learning and positive behaviour.
Wingfield Academy, has become a high performing secondary school, having delivered it’s third consecutive year of remarkable examination results, placing it once again as the second highest performing school in Rotherham and in the top 7% nationally for progress. The academy is growing in popularity following its success and is looking to expand and develop, attracting the best people to work alongside our dedicated and ambitious staff who go the extra mile to make a quantifiable and powerful contribution to social mobility. We focus on the things that matter.
Please note closing date is 8am on 4 July 2022.