Experience

Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  As the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) of a secondary school and 6th form (approximately 900 students) I oversee and action all information that is reported by staff on CPOMS (software system that records and monitors Safeguarding, Well-being and all Pastoral issues), ensuring swift action are taken to safeguard students and put support in place. I provide advise and am the first point of contact for professionals, colleagues and parents in all safeguarding matters. I make referrals, attend Core group meetings that focus on the most vulnerable students, represent school at CP/CIN Conferences, Team around the Family meetings, ensuring that school is working together with other professionals, to ensure that all children are safeguarded at the highest level.

• Education Welfare & Courts Officer/Attendance Lead

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Promoted to school's full time EWO (role was previously done by external agency). I lead on Attendance in an Academy with 900+ secondary and sixth form students, based in South East London. I work closely with students and their families to identify and overcome reasons for non-attendance in school, work with a variety of different outside agencies, as well as Local Authorities, make referrals, prepare reports, issue Penalty Notices for non-attendance. I monitor individual and whole school progress, review data, set targets as well as hold weekly attendance meetings with the Senior Leadership Team. In addition I line manage attendance staff ensuring the department is run efficiently, accurate coding is used, all absences are tracked, carry out regular performance appraisals.Between 2017 -2020 I took on a second school (primary and secondary) which gave me further experience working with students and families from a different area and backgrounds.In 2019 I started overseeing 6th form attendance and provide mentoring/support/training to staff, relating to monitoring attendance and later on also safeguarding

• Student Attendance Officer

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2015

  Day to day running of attendance in a secondary school with 750 students. Contribute to raising achievement by improving school attendance. Collecting, recording, monitoring and reporting data on whole school attendance and punctuality. Work with parents, students and other professionals such as safeguarding team to find ways to improve student attendance.



HARRIS GIRLS' ACADEMY EAST DULWICH

• London, England, United Kingdom

• Admissions and Attendance Officer

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  Key responsibility in managing and maintaining school's central admissions system and ensuring all admissions are dealt with effectively. Work closely with parents and Local Authority. Implement procedures and processes in order to make decisions on applications. Establishing reasons for pupil absence on a daily basis. Inputting data Handling face to face and telephone conversations with pupils, parents and external agencies relating to attendance matters Key responsibility in managing and maintaining school's central admissions system and ensuring all admissions are dealt with effectively. Work closely with parents and Local Authority. Implement procedures and processes in order to make decisions on applications. Establishing reasons for pupil absence on a daily basis. Inputting data Handling face to face and telephone conversations with pupils, parents and external agencies relating to attendance matters



Holy Trinity School

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cover Supervisor/ Support Staff Manager

  • Sep 2003 - Jun 2013

  Teaching a range of subjects in all year groups (reception- year 6). Responsible for planning and teaching RE across the school. Line managing 15 support staff which involves carrying out observations, holding weekly meetings and compleing performance appraisals. I am the school's Residential Trip organiser and soley responsible for planning, organising and booking trips, overseeing the financial aspect (applying for school grants with external agencies, follow up on non-payment), completing risk assessment, lead meetings with parents, leading the trip and managing staff and students whilst away.