Family Liaison Officer

2 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom FARE Scotland Full time

**Job Title**: Family Liaison Officer

**Reporting To**: Attainment & Skills Manager

**Contractual Status**: Full Time (35 hours per week)

**Salary**: £23,000.00 - £25,000.00 per annum

**Annual Leave Entitlement**: 25 days, plus 9 public holidays, plus 3 days for Christmas shutdown

**About us**

FARE Scotland is a voluntary organisation working within disadvantaged communities throughout Central Scotland. At FARE Scotland we strive to raise people’s aspirations, encourage them to become more involved in their communities, create opportunities for personal development and equip them with the skills required to deal with the demands of 21st century life.

Working at FARE Scotland, you will be part of passionate and hard-working team that aims to improve the lives of the people in the communities we serve.

**What you’ll do**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Family Liaison Officer to join our team. Reporting to the Attainment & Skills Manager, you will work alongside the wider FARE team to maximise the potential of local facilities to meet the needs of school pupils and local people of all ages. Developing interventions to tackle poverty, its symptoms and close the attainment gap through educational and social activities, including volunteering and mentoring opportunities.

As part of your role, your main responsibilities will include:

- Ensuring the collection and collation of statistics as required to ensure continued funding and progress reports are sent to the school’s Senior Leadership Team, FARE’s Board of Directors and various funding bodies.
- Working closely with the FARE Senior Management Team and school staff to develop, promote and organise Family Liaison Services.
- Raising attendance issues with parents, meeting with both pupils and parents in order to support them to improve attendance and/or attainment.
- Attending meetings with the school’s Senior Leadership Team and other agencies that can support students that are a concern in order to successfully improve their attendance and/or qualifications.
- Ongoing monitoring of attendance of pupils identified as non-attenders and/or those at risk of falling out of the academic structure.
- Establishing activities which will promote the personal, social, educational and material welfare of young people and their families.
- Ensuring the collection and collation of statistics as required to evaluate the projects impact and for progress reports.
- Assisting with with the planning and delivery of FARE’s attainment program for at risk young people.
- Establishing and maintaining contact with relevant outside agencies.
- Maintaining all records in accordance with guidelines from FARE and the school.
- Complying with all relevant legislation and FARE/school policies.
- Promoting the objectives of FARE as stated in its constitution.
- Writing reports as required.

**About you**
- Experience of planning and delivering needs led programmes by working alongside schools, local people, and other organisations in a strategic working group to meet the needs of the pupils and their families within the school catchment area.
- Have sound knowledge of the issues faced by children, young people, adults, and families.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, including databases.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- The drive and initiative to work independently.
- Ability to work with people at all levels, both internally and externally.
- Organised and systematic approach to monitoring and reporting.
- Ability to facilitate group work sessions.
- Ability to motivate individuals facing barriers.
- Full driving licence.
- Educated to minimum SCQF level 7 in relevant field or have minimum 4 years relevant experience.

Along with the above, we would be looking for an individual who shares, and is able to demonstrate, the organisation’s values of being compassionate, open, collaborative, innovative and driven.

**What we can offer**

In return, we can offer you:

- Enhanced holiday entitlement
- Christmas shutdown period
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible working options
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Death in Service benefit (4 x basic salary)

**How to apply**

**Application Closing Date**: 1st September 2023

**Interview Date**: Interviews will take place on 8th September 2023

**Salary**: £23,000.00-£25,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 01/09/2023



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