Attendance Support Team Manager
Uxbridge
Job Role
To provide operational leadership to the Attendance Support team and make a critical contribution to fulfilling the Council's statutory duties in addressing poor school attendance (Education Act 1996 Section 444).
Provide educational direction and expertise through joint working with colleagues in schools and other services including health, social care and the voluntary sector.
Develop, lead and manage interventions to improve school attendance across the borough.
To work strategically with schools, Social Care, Fostering, SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Team), YOS (Youth Offending Service) & other agencies to ensure that process and practice across services support children with school attendance.
Lead, develop and deliver programmes of practice development for the Attendance Support team and a programme of training and engagement for attendance leads in schools.
Provide management oversight of officers. Take the lead for monitoring and tracking attendance for all children in the borough.
