We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Lewisham to assist with the appointment of a Targeted Support Officer, on a 10-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £19.50 - £25.04 per Hour

Responsibilities:

• To be responsible for the operational delivery of the targeted support meetings to all schools, regardless of status across Lewisham.
• To improve attendance for individual pupils and improve overall school attendance including reducing persistent absence (PA) and severe absence (SA).
• 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.
• 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.
• To solve problems of a complex nature; showing innovation; tenacity and displaying sensitive interpersonal skills whilst working collaboratively with schools, attendance officers and other local authority colleagues around attendance, safeguarding and associated matters.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Working Together to Improve School Attendance 2024,
• Education Act 1996, Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003,
• Significant experience working in a child-centred way, ensuring that indicators of child abuse and/or neglect are identified, and action taken in a timely and appropriate manner in line with corporate procedure and national best practice.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an enhanced DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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