Attendance Support Assistant

John St, Cockett, Swansea SA2 0FR PERMANENT PART TIME ATTENDANCE SUPPORT ASSISTANT To commence Monday 2nd November 2026 or sooner if possible 25 hours per week and term time only Grade 2, SCP3- £24,796 pro rata, actual starting salary £14,443 per annum (Subject to term time only adjustment if the commencement of employment is after the start of the academic year. Dylan Thomas Community School is a happy and safe school where the needs of all pupils are catered for and taken into account. All staff play a key part in ensuring that this continues. The successful candidate will be offered the full support and resources of the school to develop professionally in a highly supportive environment with inspirational and supportive colleagues. In our February 2024 Inspection, Estyn stated that “Staff at Dylan Thomas Community School offer pupils a consistently high quality of Care, Support & Guidance. The school has an inclusive family feel and there are strong relationships between pupils and staff” The successful candidate will add to this and will also benefit from a strong, supportive staff wellbeing programme. Governors are seeking to appoint an Attendance Support Assistant to work towards the school focus of improving whole school attendance by contacting parents and carers to establish reasons for absence, maintaining accurate records, producing attendance reports to identify patterns of non-attendance and/or lateness as well as providing general administrative duties. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The Attendance Support Assistant will play an integral role in pupil safeguarding ensuring all children are as safe as they can possibly be. The successful candidate will be expected to have excellent interpersonal skills to build strong and positive relationships with parents and carers to directly reduce the impact of low attendance on educational attainment. Based at reception in the main school office you will work alongside a supportive school admin team under the line management of the Assistant Headteacher for Pastoral & Wellbeing and the Office Manager Previous school experience and working knowledge of Bromcom or other school packages would be advantageous but is not essential as training can be given. The hours for this post are 25 hours per week, 5 hours per day with a 30 minute lunch break. Timings are open to some negotiation but start time must be between 8.30 am and 9.00 am This post requires a DBS Check to enhanced level. Detailed Job descriptions, person specifications and application forms are available from e-teach Please note we only accept applications on school application forms. Closing date: Friday 18th September @ 12.00 noon Interviews Thursday 24th September 2026 Dylan Thomas Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment and within Swansea Council there is a "Safeguarding is Everybody's Business" principle, and this applies to all Swansea Council employees, elected members, volunteers and contractors.