6. Partnership Working

• Liaise closely with:
  • Heads of Year
  • Pastoral Leader
  • Pastoral Assistant
  • Form Tutors and teaching staff
  • Classroom Assistants and support staff
  • Senior Leadership Team
• Work in partnership with external agencies including:
  • Education Welfare Service (EWS)
  • Social services
  • Counselling services and other support agencies
• Complete referrals to appropriate services where required.
• Develop and maintain links with community organisations to enhance support provision.
• Promote an integrated, holistic and multi-agency approach to supporting pupils and families.

7. Home–School–Community Links

• Strengthen communication between home, school and external agencies.
• Promote active collaboration to support vulnerable pupils.
• Support the development of a positive culture that values attendance and engagement.
• Encourage family involvement in school life and pupil progress.

8. Pastoral and Relational Practice

• Contribute to a nurturing, inclusive and relational school environment.
• Work closely with the pastoral team including the Pastoral Assistant. To support pupils in overcoming social, emotional and behavioural barriers to learning.
• Embed restorative and relational approaches in all interactions.
• Promote pupil wellbeing and personal development alongside academic progress.

9. School Events and Wider Contributions

• Assist with the organisation and administration of school events (e.g. Parent Evenings, Open Days).
• Attend meetings on Attendance when required
• Participate in pastoral meetings and contribute to whole-school initiatives.
• Provide support to wider pastoral and curriculum teams as required.

10. Safeguarding, Confidentiality and Policy Compliance

• Adhere to all relevant school policies, including:
  • Attendance Policy
  • Pastoral Care Policy
  • Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy
  • GDPR policy
• Maintain strict confidentiality in all matters relating to pupils and families.
• Ensure that all communication involving school follows the school GDPR policy.
• Share information appropriately with relevant staff (e.g. Form Teachers, Heads of Year, SLT, Designated Teacher).
• Ensure all work reflects safeguarding best practice.

11. Training and Professional Development

• Participate in relevant in-service and external training.
• Engage in professional learning to enhance practice in:
  • Attendance improvement strategies
  • Nurture and relational practice
  • Family engagement
• Cascade relevant training and best practice to colleagues where appropriate.
• Support access to training opportunities for parents/carers where relevant.

12. General Duties

• Carry out additional duties as directed by the school, including:
  • Attendance-related meetings
  • Home visits
  • Supporting pupils and families in crisis or need
• Contribute to the ongoing development of attendance systems and pastoral provision.

Key Outcomes

The post-holder will contribute to:

• Improved pupil attendance and punctuality
• Reduced persistent absence
• Stronger home–school relationships
• Increased pupil engagement and wellbeing
• Effective multi-agency support for vulnerable pupils
• A positive and inclusive school culture that promotes attendance

Other Duties

• Such other duties as may be assigned within the level of the job.

It is acknowledged that the contents of this generic job description are not subject to appeal.

This job description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time.

In accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998), the post-holder is expected to promote good relations, equality of opportunity and pay due regard for equality legislation at all times.

Posts involving work in educational institutions are subject to the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (NI) Order 2007. The successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure check which at present costs £33. Further details regarding the payment of this check will be issued with the contract of employment.

Evaluated at Executive Officer, SCP 17-20 (EMcG 10.08.26)

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PERSON SPECIFICATION

NOTES TO JOB APPLICANTS

You must clearly demonstrate on your application form under each question, how, and to what extent you meet the required criteria as failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. You should clearly demonstrate this for both the essential and desirable criteria, where relevant.

You must demonstrate how you meet the criteria by the closing date for applications, unless the criteria state otherwise.

The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is outlined in the table below.

Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria set out in Section 1 below, using the information provided by you on your application form.

Please note that the Selection Panel reserves the right to shortlist only those applicants that it believes most strongly meet the criteria for the role.

In the event of an excessive number of applications, the Selection Panel also reserves the right to apply any desirable criteria as outlined in Section 3 at shortlisting, in which case these will be applied in the order listed. It is important therefore that you also clearly demonstrate on your application form how you meet any desirable criteria.

SECTION 1 - ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

The following are essential criteria which will initially be measured at the shortlisting stage and which may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage. You should therefore make it clear on your application form how, and to what extent you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted.