Attendance & Safeguarding Officer

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated, organised, and compassionate Admin of Attendance and Safeguarding officer to join our specialist SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) school. This is a vital role supporting vulnerable young people and their families to improve attendance, wellbeing, and engagement with education.

The successful candidate will play a key role in promoting high levels of attendance, supporting safeguarding procedures, and working closely with students, families, staff, and external agencies to ensure pupils are safe, supported, and able to achieve their full potential.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor, track, and promote student attendance and punctuality
• Follow up daily absences and work proactively with families to improve attendance
• Maintain accurate attendance and safeguarding records
• Support the school’s safeguarding systems and procedures in line with statutory guidance
• Liaise with external agencies, local authorities, and parents/carers
• Provide pastoral support to students and families where appropriate
• Work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and wider pastoral team
• Contribute to safeguarding meetings, referrals, and documentation

Ideal Candidate

• Have experience working in attendance, safeguarding, pastoral, or welfare roles within education or children’s services
• Have a good understanding of safeguarding legislation and attendance procedures
• Be able to build positive and professional relationships with students and families
• Demonstrate strong communication, organisational, and record-keeping skills
• Be calm, resilient, and able to work effectively in a fast‑paced environment
• Have experience supporting vulnerable or hard‑to‑reach young people, ideally within an SEMH setting

Benefits

• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year – Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well‑being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

Salary and Working Hours

Actual Salary: £20,866-£22,987

Working hours: 32.5 hours per week

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