ATTENDANCE AND INCLUSION SUPPORT WORKER

Ref	196026
Number of Posts	1
Grade	Grade 6.
Salary	£27269 to £ 31067 (Pro rata)term time plus 5 days for INSET
Term	Full-time.
Perm / FTC	Permanent.
Required	(ASAP ) .
Hours	37 hours a week.
Closing Date	12/05/2025.

•  Job Description (45 KB)
•  Person Specification (67 KB)

Location

Lytham St Annes High School, Albany Road, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire, FY8 4GW

Tel: 01253 733192
School website: https://www.lythamhigh.lancs.sch.uk

Summary

Lytham St Annes High School
‘A Learning Community in Pursuit of Excellence’

Actual Salary (£23,664 - £26,960)

We are looking for an Attendance and Inclusion Support Worker for our newly refurbished school. This is a busy and varied role rewarded with:

Competitive salary

Commitment to staff development

Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme

On Site parking

Pension scheme

Staff discount eligibility for brands and stores.

LSA High School provides our learning community with excellent education in addition to a wide range of extracurricular activities from football to fencing with many activities in between! We are proud of our school and work to high standards to ensure a vibrant, fun and safe environment for our staff, families and students.

The Attendance and Inclusion Support Worker will work as part of the attendance team and with pastoral colleagues to optimise student attendance and to nurture our students' sense of belonging.
Responsibilities include promoting excellent student attendance, supporting students and families to improve attendance through building positive relationships, liaising with teaching and pastoral staff, making home visits, accessing wider support for families through Early Help Assessments and working alongside Heads of Year and external agencies with a view to collaboratively improving school attendance. The role will involve the effective use of students' attendance data and ensuring that school policies on attendance and safeguarding are closely followed at all times. Further details are available in the job description attached.

We would love to speak to you if you have excellent communication, organisation and administrative skills, with the ability to work on your own initiative whilst being part of a larger team. Previous experience of working in a similar role providing high quality child/family support or of working flexibly in a fast-paced environment would be welcomed. The person specification details the qualifications, experience and skills that we are looking for.

An essential part of the role will be understanding the school safeguarding protocols and adhering to the statutory requirements for regulated activity with children, always ensuring student safety and well-being.

Lytham St Annes High School recently converted to an academy as a founding member of the Coastal Collaborative Trust.

APPLICATION FORMS AND FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE BY VISITING THE VACANCIES SECTION OF THE SCHOOL’S WEBSITE ON www.lythamhigh.lancs.sch.uk

Lytham St Annes High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake and maintain an enhanced DBS check.

Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Closing date: 9am Monday 12th May 2025
Interviews: w/c 19th May 2025

For an informal discussion please contact:

Personnel Team - 01253 667305

Proposed Interview Date:

19/05/2025 

Equal Opportunities statement

An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.