Family Safeguarding and Attendance Officer

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a candidate who has a strong background in safeguarding, attendance monitoring, and family engagement. The ideal applicant will be able to build collaborative relationships with families, SENDCo, Learning Mentor, and senior leaders to provide a holistic support system for pupils.

As a Family Safeguarding and Attendance Officer, you will provide high‑quality support to identified pupils and families, working in collaboration with the SENDCo, Learning Mentor and Senior Leaders. You will take a lead role in providing high quality and effective safeguarding and pastoral support across the school, maintaining accurate records and working with colleagues, pupils, parents and external agencies to ensure appropriate plans and strategies are in place to support pupils and their families.

You will promote a positive attendance culture and intervene early with families to ensure pupil's attendance does not decline. You will be solution focused and forge strong working relationships with all stakeholders.

• Access to extensive, high‑quality professional development opportunities.
• Access to networking across the County.
• The opportunity to progress across the organisation, realising your career ambitions.
• Access to Lincolnshire County Council’s counselling and wellbeing support.
• A fantastic working environment, with a team that works together for the benefit of all our children.

Be part of one of the best schools in the world!

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed or for an informal discussion please contact the school via email: enquirie or telephone:

• Tours: 27 January 3.30pm, 28 January 3.30pm, 30 January 3.30pm
• Closing date: 12pm, 9 February 2026
• Shortlisting: 9 February 2026
• Interview date: 11 February 2026
• Start date:
  
  1 May 2026

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Medical, Online and social media, Prohibition from teaching, Right to work, Satisfactory references, Suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.