Safeguarding & Attendance Officer
The Blackpool Sixth Form College, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7LR28 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as pre-employment checks are complete
Closing date
5 November 2026 at 8am
Date listed
8 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £22,644 - £25,396
Safeguarding & Attendance Officer job summary
Safeguarding and Attendance Officer
£22,644 - £25,396 per annum full time, college staff term time only.
Applications will also be considered from candidates interested in a part-time role, with a minimum of 20 hours per week across 4 days.
Do you have a passion for keeping young people safe and supported? Are you a master problem-solver ready to help students smash attendance barriers, build great habits, and navigate college life?
If you answered yes to these questions, then we want to hear from you!
At Blackpool Sixth, we specialise in 16-19 education and pride ourselves on being a first-class college where students thrive. We are seeking a proactive, empathetic, and organised Safeguarding and
Attendance Officer to join our Student Services team. Working across the college, you’ll be a key player in boosting student engagement, providing timely interventions, and ensuring our campus remains a safe, welcoming, and high-achieving environment for everyone.
Whether you're stepping into educational support with a strong background in youth work, administration, or welfare, or looking to build on an established pastoral career, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Our Student Services department is collaborative, high-performing, and student-focused, with a strong track record of success. You’ll be joining a highly experienced and supportive team that shares resources, ideas, and a genuine commitment to helping every student succeed.
A day in your new role could see you:
Closing date: Thursday 5th November 2026 at 8:00am
Interviews: Thursday 12th November 2026
Find everything you need here to get started with your online application.
The benefits
Our people are extremely important to us and we are therefore delighted to provide the following benefits:-
Our commitment to a safe and respectful environment
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to a diverse and inclusive community. We do not tolerate discrimination and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We provide equal access, services, and care regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity/expression/trans status, race, religion/belief, or sexual orientation.
We are committed to fostering a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for everyone. This includes a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment of any kind. We believe that all individuals deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and we are dedicated to creating a workplace and online community free from harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.We encourage open communication, provide clear reporting mechanisms for misconduct, and conduct thorough investigations. We expect everyone interacting with us to uphold these standards.
All staff will be carefully selected using recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasise the college’s commitment to safeguarding. All posts, including volunteers, are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. All shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of any criminal record or information that will make them unsuitable to work with children. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn should any information come to light that has not been included in the self-declaration. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from regulated activity relevant to children, anyone caught doing so will be reported to the police immediately. Please note that we reserve the right to review your online presence in line with keeping children safe in education guidance.
Think of your application as a chance to show off and shout about your experience! Below is a list of all the skills we're looking for, so don't be shy, make sure you highlight how you've used them. You'll find a breakdown of what's important for this role in the job description, so give it a good look and make sure your application shines!
Please do not upload your CV; we cannot consider these. Instead make sure that everything we need to know is included in your application.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Blackpool Sixth Form College
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth form or FE college
- Size
- No information available
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
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