Family Liaison & Attendance Worker
- ON, Canada
- Durham, ON, Canada
Full-time
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- English
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- To contribute to the academy’s early help and support for families
- To work directly with parents and students to support engagement in academy life, this will include supporting access to early help services, attendance interventions and supporting with transitions in and out of the academy.
- To manage a case load of students, engaging in multi-agency meetings where appropriate.
- To work closely with the Academy Business Support staff, regarding attendance recording, and the Local Authority educational welfare team and education health needs team.
- To work with parents/ carers in a non-judgmental and empowering way, enabling families to get the most out of the educational & other opportunities available to them.
- To work in partnership with parents to identify the reasons for their children’s non-attendance and work with them and others to achieve regular attendance, improve family engagement and promote achievement and progress.
- To work in partnership with the Deputy Head Teacher (Pastoral) to implement strategies relating to attendance and monitor and report on attendance data.
- To act as a member of the Academy’s safeguarding team
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Responsibilities
Support families and students through early help, attendance interventions, transitions, and engagement with academy life. Manage a caseload, collaborate with parents and multi-agency partners, monitor attendance data, and contribute to the academy’s safeguarding work.
Requirements
The role requires working directly with parents and students in an empowering, non-judgmental way to address barriers to attendance and improve family engagement. It also involves collaboration with academy staff, local authority teams, and other agencies; no specific education or experience requirements are stated in the provided description.
Skills
- Family Engagement
- Student Support
- Attendance Monitoring
- Attendance Interventions
- Early Help Services
- Case Management
- Multi-Agency Collaboration
- Safeguarding
- Parent Partnership
- Attendance Data Reporting
- Transition Support
- Non-Judgmental Communication
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Categories
- Education
- Social Services
Keywords
- Early Help
- Family Support
- Student Engagement
- Attendance
- Attendance Interventions
- Attendance Data
- Case Management
- Multi-Agency Meetings
- Safeguarding
- Educational Welfare
- Education Health Needs
- Parent Partnership
- Family Engagement
- Academy Life
- Student Transitions
- Attendance Recording
- Achievement
- Progress Monitoring