Job title and organisation: Attendance Safeguarding Officer - Titus Salt School
Salary: Band 7 (SCP 11-17) - £24,202 to £27,175
Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only + 5 days (8am - 4pm Monday to Thursday, 8am - 3.30pm Friday)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Titus Salt School
Closing Date and Time: Thursday 6 November 2025 at 9 AM
Required January 2026
We have an exciting opportunity for an Attendance Safeguarding Officer 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 successful candidate will be required to support the work of the Attendance Safeguarding Manager on the day-to-day management of attendance data in SIMS. They will use this data to respond to any absences by sending messages, making phone calls to parents/carers and carrying out home visits. There will be a particular focus on vulnerable pupils.
They will work with Pastoral Teams to analyse attendance data, recognising any concerns and addressing these by developing strategies for engagement with pupils and families, while following our attendance policy. 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. The successful candidate must hold a full driving licence and have their own vehicle.
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: Titus Salt School - Work for us
Closing date: 9am, Thursday 6th November 2025
Interviews: 13th November 2025
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 post 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.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account
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The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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