Family Support, Attendance and Deputy Safeguarding Lead
Ladywood Primary School, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4NHThis job expired on 11 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
11 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,897.00 Annually (Actual)
Family Support, Attendance and Deputy Safeguarding Lead job summary
We are a friendly and welcoming school with happy and engaged children who love to learn. Our staff are dedicated and passionate, with a sense of fun and commitment to every child. At Ladywood every child counts.
From 1st September 2025, we are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, hard-working and highly motivated Family Support Worker / Attendance / Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, to join our happy and successful school. The post will be permanent, 32.5 hours a week, for 39 weeks of the academic year.
The successful candidate will:
- Be able to work as part of a team, within the school, to maintain whole school attendance at above national average by closely monitoring pupil absence and working with families and staff to improve pupil attendance.
- Provide information, advice and guidance, to parents/carers, on matters relating to school attendance, in order to provide a ‘first day response’ to attendance issues.
- To support and provide advice and information to parents of pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs or low attendance.
- Plan and deliver parental support, including parenting programmes, in school and lead on other attendance and wellbeing initiatives.
- Be able to work under the supervision of the senior Designated Safeguarding Leads to manage referrals, attend safeguarding meetings and liaise with other agencies, families and staff to ensure the safeguarding of pupils.
- Have experience of working in an educational setting or within a similar/relevant position to provide appropriate advice and support to pupils, families and staff'.
- Undertake home visits as required.
- Liaise with the Headteacher, Deputy, class based and administration staff relating to information received, and with other agencies as appropriate on matters relating to attendance and Safeguarding.
- Have experience of writing and maintaining accurate records.
Closing Date: Friday 11th July 2025
Provisional Interview Dates: w/c 14th July 2025
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.
We are proud to be part of The Embark Federation (Multi Academy Trust) and as part of the trust, we share the core beliefs of: Family, Integrity, Teamwork and Success and our vision is to become a stand out school at the heart of the community.
In line with KCSIE 2024, online checks will be undertaken on all candidates prior to interview, so that, should anything arise, it can be discussed fully at interview. Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.
Further information about the job
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.
About Ladywood Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 311 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ladywood Primary School website
School location
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