Education Welfare Officer - LAAT - Hub 4

Key Tasks and Responsibilities The

post holder will be required to record and monitor attendance (in line with DfE

requirements) and support the school strategy by working alongside other staff

within the schools to reduce

overall and persistent absence. Routinely

monitor the attendance of vulnerable students and students who are known to be

poor attenders. Investigate

absence (regular medical absence and unexplained absence) and develop

initiatives in partnership with School staff to encourage and promote regular

attendance. Be

robust in the investigation and management of absences/holidays during term

time and investigate reasons for absence which may be unclear. Allocate

‘catch up’ time to students whose absence rate falls below the schools’

threshold. Work

with other agencies to provide appropriate services for children and young

people, including making referrals to social services, educational

psychologists, the Connexions service etc. W here

relevant. Working

with families, establish appropriate and effective communication channels for

the overall improvement of student attendance. Where

appropriate, to gather supporting evidence to recommend legal proceedings in

cases of irregular Academy attendance, to prepare reports and to give evidence

in Court. When

required, prepare reports for Senior Leadership Team, and represent the schools

as required. Become

the liaison for those students who cannot attend school regularly to enable

them to receive an adequate education via homework provision or other off site

education provision. Interpret

data to inform the implementation of new strategies to assist the schools in

dealing with absence. Prioritise

and manage a caseload, which will include complex cases involving disadvantaged

students and those young people who are not accessing regular

education. Have

an understanding of the support groups, activity

groups and youth groups that students or parents/carers can be referred to for

supplementary support. Develop

a close liaison with relevant local authorities to maximise professional

working relationships, both in terms of advice and support for the

schools. Maintain

thorough case notes, issue letters to parents and, if required support the

Senior Leadership Team in preparing court reports.

Other

The

duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive. The

postholder may be required to undertake other duties that may be required from

time to time within the general scope of the post. Any such duties should not

substantially change the general character of the post. Duties and

responsibilities outside of the general scope of this grade of post will be

with the consent of the postholder.

The

postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with LAAT Equal

Opportunities policies.

The

postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the LA