Attendance & Student Support Officer

Attendance & Student Support Officer

Required as soon as possible

Term time + 15 days

Full time, 37 hours per week

Permanent post

SCP: 12-17

Salary range: £23,083 – £25,297

Closing Date: Friday, 6 October 2023 (9.00am)

St John’s Catholic School & Sixth Form College is “A Learning Community guided by Gospel Values.” The Governors of this successful school, which is a member of the Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust, wish to appoint an enthusiastic and proactive Attendance and Student Support Officer.

Applicants will be highly motivated and dedicated professionals who have a passion for working with children and their families, promoting positive attitudes to attendance and engagement.  Applicants should have experience of working with children within a learning environment or youth organisation.  Knowledge and understanding of attendance issues and barriers to learning would be essential.

The successful candidate will join our excellent Welfare Team, who work effectively with our families and are committed to supporting students’ academic, personal, social and emotional development.  As part of this team, the successful candidate will actively nurture, support and mentor students to re-engage with education, in order to improve their attendance and become the best versions of themselves.

St John’s Catholic School & Sixth Form College is recognised by Ofsted as a Good Provider and achieved Outstanding in all areas during the Hexham and Newcastle Diocesan Inspection (2019). The school holds a number of nationally recognised awards including: Duke of Edinburgh licensed centre, Arts Mark and the International School Award.

For further information about the school, please see our website stjohns.bhcet.org.uk

Application forms should be returned to Lisa Byron, Headteacher, by post or email to recruitment@stjohns.bhcet.org.uk

Contact: Chris Parker, Deputy Headteacher, cparker@stjohns.bhcet.org.uk