Attendance Link Worker

Job Title:  Attendance Link Worker

Actual Starting Salary : £30,700 - £33,951 (Based on Term Time only plus inset days)

Salary:  £35,852 - £39,649 (CLF Grade E) Based on Full Time hours, All year round.

Hours:  Full time – 37 hours per week, term time only plus insets

Contract:  Permanent

Provisional Start date: 3 September 2026 (Subject to completion of pre-employment checks)

Do you believe that improving attendance can transform a young person’s future and open the door to lifelong opportunities?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Attendance Link Worker at Hanham Woods Academy. We are seeking a compassionate and driven individual with a strong understanding of the barriers that can impact school attendance, and a commitment to working alongside students and their families to overcome them.

As an Attendance Link Worker, you will play a vital role in building trusting, productive relationships with students, parents and carers. You will act as an advocate for families, ensuring their voices are heard and that they are able to access the support they need, whether within the academy or through external services. Through your work, you will help ensure every young person can access the education they are entitled to and are supported to engage fully in school life.

Working collaboratively with pastoral teams, external agencies and the wider community, you will develop and implement targeted, solution-focused strategies to remove barriers to attendance. You will take a proactive approach, identifying needs early, supporting families through challenges, and helping to make the academy as inclusive, accessible and supportive as possible.

You will also empower parents and carers by providing clear information, practical guidance and opportunities to engage with the academy, enabling them to play an active role in their child’s education and attendance journey.

About you

You will bring:

A strong understanding of the wide range of challenges that can affect young people and their families, particularly within disadvantaged communities, alongside a commitment to ongoing professional learning

Experience of working with young people and families within education, youth work, social care, health or a related field, with a proven ability to build and sustain effective relationships

The ability to identify barriers to attendance and learning, and to implement clear, targeted action plans to address them using a solution-focused approach

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to engage sensitively in challenging conversations and work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders

Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities, maintain accurate records and monitor the impact of interventions

A relevant professional qualification (or equivalent experience) and good literacy and numeracy skills (GCSE Maths and English or equivalen