P16 Safeguarding and Attendance Officer

Role: Post 16 Safeguarding & Attendance Officer

Academy: Outwood Post 16 Centre Worksop

Start Date: 01/09/2026

Salary (Actual Salary): 26690 to 27577 (Grade 7)

Working Pattern: 37 hours Monday to Friday. Term time only plus 10 days (40 weeks)

Are you skilled in both driving attendance improvement and managing complex child protection issues Join us as a Safeguarding & Attendance Officer where you will provide crucial support to the Senior Leadership Team by ensuring both statutory safeguarding compliance and strategic attendance improvement are achieved. This role is vital requiring a high degree of specialist knowledge and the ability to liaise professionally and effectively across all external agencies.

Welcome from the Principal:

I am proud to introduce you to Outwood Academy Valley a school where excellence innovation and opportunity create an outstanding learning environment for both students and staff. We are situated at the heart of the community in Worksop the Gateway to the Dukeries.

We are deeply committed to putting students first raising standards and transforming lives. We believe learning should be enjoyable and enriching allowing students to make exceptional progress through our knowledge-rich personalised curriculum. Our Performing Arts Department is a particular area of excellence.

If you are passionate about education we warmly invite you to join our dedicated team. We value and invest in our staff offering high-quality professional development and a collaborative environment. We operate as a supportive school family celebrating successes and working together with a shared sense of purpose.

If you share our values apply now and take the next step in your career with us.

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You will provide integrated support for attendance and safeguarding driving attendance strategies through communication with parents preparing detailed attendance data reports and processing formal measures like referrals for Fixed Penalty Notices. Crucially you will manage the academys safeguarding overview: responding appropriately to child protection issues meticulously recording safeguarding incidents and causes for concern.

The role requires attending and providing reports following multi-agency meetings including Child Protection and MARAC and initiating referrals to external services like Social Care Direct.

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