Location
Redruth, Cornwall | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Title: Family Liaison Worker
Salary: £25,350 per annum full time equivalent £18,657 per annum pro-rata
Base: Redruth/Illogan
Main Purpose of Job:
To actively promote liaison between parents, school staff and other agencies, providing advice and support to develop the parent/school partnership and welfare of pupils
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- To advise on practical childcare and parenting skills, including how to meet the emotional needs of children.
- To support the planning and administration, including evaluation, of parental events, e.g. coffee mornings, training sessions and transition visits which increase parental engagement.
- To work with outside providers to support outcomes for learners leaving school.
- To take appropriate action and work with staff to support and promote good working relationships and to help address any issues that may arise.
- To support attendance at school by providing advice and information to parents, pupils or teachers.
- To provide support in coordinating, monitoring and evaluating relevant projects set up to support the pastoral needs of pupils.
- To liaise with school staff to ensure the school website provides current and relevant contact information for families at all times.
- To co-ordinate information and promotional forums such as Facebook and school newsletter.
- To liaise with parents/carers, outside agencies and school staff at admission and key transition points, including home visits, representation at multi agency meetings and initial visits to the school.
- To support/signpost families to relevant agencies and organisations, particularly around transitions and support in the community.
- To represent the school at multi-agency meetings, e.g. Early Support/Child in Need meetings, and to co-ordinate paperwork for LAC/PeP meetings.
- To engage with parents regarding pupil attendance with aim to achieve improvement where needed.
- To support the school's Post 16 provision in connection with community links and transition to next setting.
- To complete and review all transport requests.
- To provide general admin support for the school as required.
General - applicable to all Trust roles
- To ensure that pupils needs are prioritised and to have a clear sight of how this role impacts on the academy's and the Trust's pupils at all times.
- To act as a Trust team member and provide support and cover for other staff where needs arise inclusive of occasional work at other sites within a reasonable travel distance.
- To adhere to Trust values and behaviours.
- To be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
- To be responsible for your own continuing self-development and attend meetings as appropriate.
- To undertake other duties appropriate to the post as required.
Special Conditions related to the post:
This position is under a temp-to-perm, where you will work 15 working weeks through us, before going onto a permanent contract with the school.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and to ensuring a culture of valuing diversity and ensuring equality of opportunities.
Successful applicants must be suitable to work with children and will need to undertake the following before commencing employment:
- Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Certificate with barred list information.
- Receipt of two satisfactory employer references one of which must be from your current or most recent employer.
- Satisfactory verification of relevant qualifications.
- Satisfactory health check.
- All employees will be required to undertake mandatory training required by the Trust.
Trust Benefits
Our Trust is committed to providing employee benefits that motivate and reward our employees.
Our benefits include:
- A competitive salary
- Attractive terms and conditions including holidays.
- Eligibility to join the local government pension scheme/Teachers pension scheme.
- Family friendly policies.
- Local and national discount schemes and initiatives.
- Continued professional development support.
- Flexibility to work across the Trust, the largest SEN provider in the county.
- Support for staff wellbeing.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ's on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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