Attendance Safeguarding Officer - #1100678

Attendance Safeguarding Officer

Band 7 (SCP 11-17) 37 hours per week, term time only + 5 days

Fixed Term for 1 Year

We have an exciting opportunity for an Attendance Safeguarding Officer for a fixed term period of 1 year to work alongside our Attendance Safeguarding Manager to ensure effective attendance and safeguarding practice across the school and to help maintain high standards of attendance.

The suitable candidate will be required to support the effective work of the Attendance Safeguarding Manager regarding the management of attendance data in SIMS, work with the Safeguarding Monitoring Team to assess vulnerable pupils whilst being able to analyse data, recognising any concerns and to address these by developing strategies for engagement with pupils and families. This will include meeting with pupils and families in school and conducting home visits to ensure the wellbeing of pupils and to support them in coming back into school.

This is an important role that requires an experienced self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills, a friendly and professional approach and the ability to handle sensitive information confidentially.

We are an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school that has outstanding facilities and a state of the art learning environment; we are extremely popular and oversubscribed. The school is within easy reach of Leeds, Huddersfield and Wakefield.

If you would like further information and an application pack, please visit the school website:

https://www.titussaltschool.co.uk/about-us/working-for-us/

Closing date:  9.00am on Thursday 9 May 2024

Interviews: Thursday 16 May 2024

Required for September 2024

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures. We adhere to statutory guidelines in respect of safer recruitment though a variety of checks which will include online searches on all shortlisted candidates. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and eligibility to teach/work in our school will be checked with the DfE.

This role is customer facing and therefore in line with the Immigration Act 2016; all applicants must be able to demonstrate fluency of the English Language to the level defined in the job description.

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