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The Basildon Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to DBS and health checks.
We wish toappoint a Family Engagement Attendance Officer to join our successful split-site Academies.
Salary Range: Band 3, FTE £27,472 - £29,730. Actual starting salary is £23,562with performance-based yearly increments available
Contract: Temporary 1 Year Fixed
Working Hours: 37 hours per week (08:00-16:00 Mon-Thurs and 08:00 - 15:30 Fri)
Working weeks: 39 weeks (Term Time + INSET + twilight sessions, including Parent/Open Evenings as required)
The Family Engagement Attendance Officer willprovide targeted home-based support to students and their families where school attendance is a concern. The Education Welfare Officer (EWO) will play a proactive outreach role in addressing barriers to attendance, guided by the Department for Education's "Working Together to Improve School Attendance" framework. This position is designed to work in partnership with families and is focused on supporting pupils to thrive by re-engaging with education.
The successful candidate must be willing to travel independently to home addresses across the local area as needed. Regular CPD will be provided in line with best practice and statutory requirements.
Responsibilities include:
- Conducting regular and timely home visits to engage with students and their families where attendance, school refusal, or wellbeing is an ongoing concern
- Work within DfE guidance to deliver effective early intervention strategies that promote sustained attendance and family partnership
- Build trusted, empathetic relationships with parents/carers and students, particularly those from vulnerable or hard-to-reach groups
- Contribute to the planning of support strategies, attendance panels, and Early Help Assessments (EHAs), including multi-agency meetings
- Work closely with internal pastoral teams, safeguarding leads, SEND staff, and external agencies to co-ordinate appropriate family support, including referrals as needed
The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:
- GCSE Grade C/4 or above in English and Maths
- Experience in education, social care or youth work, supporting vulnerable children, young people or families
- Experience conducting home visits or community-based work
- Commitment to improving pupil outcomes
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Tenacity and emotional resilience
- Full UK driving licence and daily access to a vehicle for home visits
To apply, please download and complete ourapplication form and return it to our Recruitment & Cover Coordinator, Olivia Faustino-recruitment@basildonacademies.org.uk
Closing Date: Friday 27th June 2025
Position Available: September 2025
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.
Information about the School
The Basildon Academies is focused upon developing the whole child; our curriculum has been developed to enable our students to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills so that they will become lifelong learners. This includes opportunities for linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technical, human, social, physical and artistic learning so that students make progress in a wide range of subjects.
We set high expectations of all our students and this, in turn, ensures we create a positive climate for learning in which every student can reach their full potential. Our Academy is a calm, orderly and purposeful environment where students enjoy their learning, make good progress and feel safe.
Our Sixth Form is a major part of the academy with the structure modelling itself on developing independent learning skills like those seen in universities which allows students to continue their studies in their specialist subject areas. Students are very much encouraged to become mature adults being engaged in many aspects of the life of the academy which further develops those much needed skills to go on into university or the world of work.