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About Us Harris Academy Battersea is a mixed state secondary school serving a truly comprehensive community in the heart of London. We are an Ofsted Outstanding' school with a track record of delivering fantastic outcomes year on year for our students. In 2023, Ofsted visited the academy and judged us as remaining outstanding', commenting on our highly ambitious curriculum, the exceptionally high quality of education provided and noted that behaviour in the school is very strong. Nevertheless, we are extremely ambitious for our school and as we seek to continue to grow and develop, we are looking for more brilliant people to join us.
Our Academy is centred on the values of Knowledge, Integrity and Resilience and these underpin the way we work for both students and staff. Our staff are inclusive, diverse and committed to our mission: we develop aspirational young people to thrive in a changing world.
HABS offers a broad, academic and challenging curriculum founded on six key curriculum aims:
To develop deep, long-lasting knowledge
To develop students into accomplished readers, writers and orators
To provide experiences within and beyond the classroom that enrich learning and ensure students can make informed choices about their futures
To equip students to challenge injustice in all its forms
To enable students to understand how they learn
To support students to reflect on their choices and values to improve themselves and their community
These aims underpin all elements of our curriculum, and we see our core academic curriculum and wider personal development curriculum as intrinsically linked. All staff at the Academy contribute to the personal development of our students through their roles as tutors and through their contributions to the wider life of the academy.
A thriving school can only function with fantastic staff, and our vision is to make teaching at HABS both enjoyable and sustainable. The wellbeing of staff underpins every decision we make, and we seek to ensure that every member of staff can enjoy a work-life-balance enabling them to bring their best to work each day.
At HABS, professional growth and development is central to our mission. Our professional development motto is improve, not prove' and leaders are relentlessly focussed on supporting staff in getting even better through a wide range of internal and external training opportunities.
As a part of the Harris Federation, all staff in the Academy benefit from being part of our network of more than fifty primary and secondary academies across London. Vibrant networks of subject experts meet regularly and teachers can access bespoke support from our central teams of consultants.
For more information about what we do and who we are, we encourage you to visit our website here as well as our careers page here and explore!
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Summary We are currently looking to appoint a Home Academy Liaison Officer (HALO) to oversee educational welfare across the academy.
At Harris Academy Battsersea, you will join a dedicated team of staff supporting our excellent students. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow, inspire and develop, this may be the role for you.
The actual salary for this role will be £29,641-£30,516 (39 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
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Main Areas of Responsibility Your responsibilities will include:
Overseeing Educational Welfare across the academy.
Managing a caseload of at risk students, where attendance falls below 85% and implement strategies to improve attendance
Monitoring and improving the attendance of most vulnerable students
Ensuring compliance with statutory duties, including reporting persistent and severe absenteeism
Conducting home visits to engage families and address barriers to school attendance
Maintaining accurate attendance records and preparing reports
Representing the academy at external meetings e.g. Social Services Case Conferences, Child in Need Meetings, LAC Reviews
Communicating effectively with all external agencies including possible alternative providers
Ensuring effective communication/consultation as appropriate with the parents of students
Leading on legal interventions for non-attendance where necessary
Co-ordinating appropriate and tailored alternative provision for students unable to thrive in mainstream education
Supporting the schools inclusion strategy
Maintaining the alternative provision tracker and monitoring student progress
Building and maintaining partnerships with external providers, agencies, and support networks
Ensuring safeguarding and health and safety standards in alternative provision settings
Acting as a liaison between the academy, external providers, students, and families to ensure seamless support and transition to alternative placemen
Ensuring compliance with local and national policies related to alternative provision. as well as safeguarding protocols
Regularly reviewing alternative provision placements and providing feedback to stakeholders.
Maintaining confidential records of support
Preparing of reports and maintaining records relating to student referrals and subsequent counselling or support
Providing support to the attendance team
Providing administrative support to coordinate internal seclusion
Qualifications & Experience We would like to hear from you have:
Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
Knowledge of behaviour for learning policies
Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
Basic knowledge of first aid (e.g. emergency first aid course)
At least three years experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment in a pastoral capacity
Experience of dealing successfully with a range of issues influencing poor attendance
Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent standards of attendance and punctuality
Experience of working with families
Experience of working with challenging students and parents, and finding ways in which we can meet their needs more successfully
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
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Professional Development & Benefits Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more aboutour benefitson our website.
Safeguarding Notice The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Equal Opportunities The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.
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Next Steps If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.
Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.
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