Do you want to make a difference to children and young people by helping them to access their education and have a passion for supporting schools, families, children and young people?
We are seeking a School Attendance Liaison Practitioner to join the Team Around the School and Setting (TASS), part of the innovative Education Division of Children’s Services.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to support schools with their work on improving attendance.
As part of a team of experienced staff, you will work alongside professionals to draw up and deliver bespoke packages of support. Your primary focus will be to work directly with our schools and settings, children and families to support improved attendance and outcomes for children and young people with additional needs. The practitioner will provide a point of contact for parents to increase parental confidence, reduce anxiety, and support successful inclusion in mainstream settings. The role of the School Attendance Liaison Practitioner will provide a link between home and school that ensures good, consistent, and effective communication between the two. They will develop strong partnerships with outside agencies and form positive working relationships with families to enable effective support for pupils, and their families to ensure regular attendance at school by working to alleviate barriers to learning and improving communication and links between school and home.
We are looking for a skilled practitioner with a genuine interest in this area, who is experienced in working within an educational setting to support attendance and engagement with learning. You will have interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with children, young people, families and school staff. Further to this, you will have demonstrable skills in:
- Applying a wide range of approaches to work with children and families, including those with SEND
- Ensuring that all work delivered to settings is in line with the wider aspirations of the Education Division and exploits opportunities for integrated working with partners at every opportunity.
- Identifying work priorities and managing your own workload to meet deadlines.
- Communicating complex information clearly and confidently, orally and in writing, to a range of audiences
We have posts based at St Mary’s House, Eastbourne. There is flexibility for some home working as part of a hybrid working model. You will be supported through regular line management supervisions, and peer support.
In addition to opportunities to grow your career within our team, we offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment, which include:
- Opportunities for flexi-time working
- Regular CPD opportunities
- A generous leave entitlement which increases with length of service, with the option to purchase additional leave
- Access to financial wellbeing resources and products
- A wide selection of discounts with high street retailers, holiday companies and more
- Travel expenses paid from allocated base
- Options for lease car scheme
- Loans for certain purposes at preferential rates
- The choice to be a member of the attractive Local Government Pension Scheme
- More information on benefits can be found on our benefits page
To apply for this role please follow the ‘Apply Now’ button above. When completing your application be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification drawing on any relevant work/life experience, education or personal interests.
Please download the Job Description & Person Specification .
Interviews will take place in person on Friday 11 July and Monday 14 July 2025 at St Mary’s House, Eastbourne.
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please email Vidyulatha Narayan, with your questions: [email protected]
Working within the Education Division is a privilege and offers the chance to support the people of East Sussex to live life to the full. In this job you assist with that every day.
