Targeted Support Officer

Lewisham

£23/hr

3- 6 months contract

Enhanced DBS required

MAIN PURPOSE

• This is a new role being created to implement the targeted termly support meetings with schools required under the statutory changes introduced in the Working Together to Improve Attendance guidance.
• The key purpose is to improve attendance across schools in Lewisham given advice and guidance and leading schools with policy development as well as case advice.
• This will be achieved by leading the targeted support meetings with schools, local authority colleagues, and other agencies to identify pupils and cohorts at risk of poor attendance and agreeing target actions and plans to support pupils and ensure their right to education.
• Analysing attendance data is an essential part of the role to enable solution focused approaches to help schools target vulnerable pupils and cohorts by reducing persistent absence (PA) and severe absence (SA) and improving attendance for all children and young people.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To have a detailed knowledge of Working Together to Improve School Attendance 2024, Education Act 1996, Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003, Pupil Registration Regulations 2024, Children Missing Education 2016, KCSIE, the role of the Attendance Officer and LA procedures around attendance, legal action, Children Missing Education and Elective Home Education.

2. To be responsible for the operational delivery of the targeted support meetings to all schools, regardless of status across Lewisham.

3. To improve attendance for individual pupil's and improve overall school attendance including reducing persistent absence (PA) and severe absence (SA).

4. To think and act strategically, solve problems, and make decisions to break down barriers that prevent or impact on the pupil being able to attend an educational setting.

5. To gather, analyse data including using statistical releases (DfE), Wonde, FFT, Studybugs and Synergy and present information to inform processes and procedures to improve attendance.

Knowledge

1. Knowledge of Working Together to Improve School Attendance 2024,
2. Education Act 1996, Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003,
3. Pupil Registration Regulations 2024,
4. Children Missing Education 2016,
5. KCSIE, the role of the Attendance Officer and LA procedures around attendance, legal action, CME and EHE.