Attendance Support Worker
Fife Council · St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom · onsite
Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing 23 November 2026
Proposed Start Date: Wednesday 06 January 2027
Closing Date: Sunday 15 November 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary : FC5 £29,170.80 to £31,761.26 (Pro-Rata)
Working Pattern: 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term-time)
Location: Madras College, St Andrews
Purpose and Values of Education & Children’s Services Directorate
The Education & Children’s Services Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
- Working Together – Please give examples of when you have worked with others to contribute to teamwork and how you influenced those you were working with.
- Delivering Results – Please give examples that demonstrate your ability to organise and solve problems to achieve results.
- Personal Ownership – Please give examples of situations in which you have used your initiative to make improvements and used your skills to deal with challenges and change.
- Customer Focus – Please give examples of when your skills and knowledge have helped you built and sustained positive relationships with others
Job Details
We are looking for a highly-skilled Attendance Support Worker who are passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to leading change and improvement that ensures positives outcomes for our children and young people. As an Attendance Support Worker at Madras College you will work as part of a team to address individual cases of attendance, and to support work to address attendance issues in the identified area. Working under the direction and supervision of the Business Manager and/or DHT for Support you will work as a member of Pupil Support Team providing a safe, secure and inclusive environment for pupils. To develop positive relationships with pupils, parents, staff and other services, building pupil confidence, and enhancing their ability to learn through improving and maintaining attendance levels at school.
A link to the role profile is included below, where you will find more information about the role, with specific reference to essential and desirable criteria for applicants.
The Person
- You will be educated to SCQF level 4, which includes National 4 or Standard Grades at General level or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
- Experience of working with young people in an educational setting.
- First Aid at Work qualification is desirable
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
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