Attendance officer vs family preservation officer

The differences between attendance officers and family preservation officers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an attendance officer and a family preservation officer. Additionally, a family preservation officer has an average salary of $62,679, which is higher than the $37,136 average annual salary of an attendance officer.

The top three skills for an attendance officer include law enforcement, court hearings and attendance problems. The most important skills for a family preservation officer are proactive outreach, referral services, and historic properties.

Attendance officer vs family preservation officer overview

	Attendance Officer	Family Preservation Officer
Yearly salary	$37,136	$62,679
Hourly rate	$17.85	$30.13
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	55,661	68,575
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Attendance officer vs family preservation officer salary

Attendance officers and family preservation officers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Attendance Officer	Family Preservation Officer
Average salary	$37,136	$62,679
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $50,000	Between $41,000 And $94,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between attendance officer and family preservation officer education

There are a few differences between an attendance officer and a family preservation officer in terms of educational background:

	Attendance Officer	Family Preservation Officer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Criminal Justice	Business
Most common college	California State University - Bakersfield	SUNY at Binghamton

Attendance officer vs family preservation officer demographics

Here are the differences between attendance officers' and family preservation officers' demographics:

	Attendance Officer	Family Preservation Officer
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 39.2% Female, 60.8%	Male, 32.1% Female, 67.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 14.0% Unknown, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 2.0% White, 61.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 13.0% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 20.7% Asian, 2.2% White, 59.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between attendance officer and family preservation officer duties and responsibilities

Attendance officer example responsibilities.

Manage significant DUI caseload to court-ordered and conditional probation completion.
Monitor, repair, update and purchase AED, CCTV, scanning and other devices.
Collaborate and coordinate care to enhance deficient life skills and promote overall community safety as part of the rehabilitation process.
Maintain records and reports of all contact with students, parents, city/state agencies and school personnel.
Go to houses and schools to talk to parents about their children or child who has been truant from school
Work with culturally diverse population and at-risk students to increase school attendance.

Family preservation officer example responsibilities.

Establish training schedules and the delivery of training through MCCS to achieve volunteer certification.
Collaborate with non-profitorganizations, committees and USMC program services to attain the unit performance metrics.
Initiate Facebook page to build morale and team camaraderie.
Adhere to principles and concept of the EEO programs.
Establish internal volunteer recognition practices, in addition to MCCS procedures.
Maintain high degree of confidentiality while complying with HIPPA and DoD guidelines.

Attendance officer vs family preservation officer skills

Common attendance officer skills

Law Enforcement, 20%
Court Hearings, 10%
Attendance Problems, 8%
Parent Conferences, 7%
Community Resources, 6%
Dropout, 5%

Common family preservation officer skills

Proactive Outreach, 17%
Referral Services, 13%
Historic Properties, 8%
Post Deployment, 6%
Event Planning, 5%
Mccs, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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