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Director of Safeguarding & Attendance

Horizons Education Trust, Huntingdon, PE29 1TQ

This job expired on 15 November 2024 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 January 2025

• Closing date

  15 November 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £55,000.00 - £60,000.00 Annually (Actual) Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (12 Months) With potential for extension

Director of Safeguarding & Attendance job summary

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Director of Safeguarding & Attendance to join our executive team at Horizons Education Trust. In this essential role, you will oversee the strategic leadership of safeguarding practices and attendance management across our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) academies, ensuring the safety, wellbeing, and educational access of all learners.

As the Director of Safeguarding & Attendance, you will work closely with executive leaders, headteachers, academy staff and external partners to develop, implement, and monitor effective safeguarding protocols, ensuring compliance with statutory guidance and best practices. You will be instrumental in fostering a robust culture of vigilance and care, creating a safe and inclusive environment for our pupils.

In addition, you will also lead on attendance strategy, driving initiatives to improve pupil attendance, reduce persistent absenteeism, and support engagement with families to promote positive attendance outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in safeguarding, a thorough understanding of attendance management in an educational setting, and a passion for protecting vulnerable learners.

Commitment to safeguarding

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.

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About Horizons Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
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