Locality Liaison Officer

4 weeks ago

Lowestoft, United Kingdom Suffolk County Council Full time

**Suffolk County Council - Countywide - Hybrid**:

- **£26,421 per annum (pro rata if part time)**:

- **37 hours per week - Flexible working options available**:

- **Fixed Term or Secondment (up to 31 March 2025)**

**This post is funded by Department for Education.**

As a Locality Liaison Officer within our Department for Education (DfE) funded project team, you will support initiatives that will enable Children and Young People who are struggling to access full time education to increase their participation.

**Your role and responsibilities**

You will work alongside services within inclusion to identify Children and Young People whose attendance is affected by barriers caused by Social Emotional and Mental Health difficulties. Once identified the team will seek to work with schools and settings to facilitate opportunities for these Children and Young People to engage in community and interest activities to lead to improve attendance in education.

**Key responsibilities**
- Negotiate and facilitate with a range of providers meaningful activity for Children and Young People to build their confidence and form new friendships.
- Enable the development of coping strategies and re-engagement with school.
- Provide ongoing communication between families, schools and respite providers ensuring focus on school re-engagement.
- Liaising with Suffolk Inclusion, Specialist Education Services, and schools to identify appropriate children/families.
- Co-producing a Personal Development Plan (PDP) with young people and families detailing aims and coping mechanisms for school life. Participants will record their progress/achievement towards PDP goals each session.
- Liaising with respite services to determine compatible groups and source/establish appropriate respite activity sessions, which will: (i) ensure that more parent/carers are benefitting from a regular, planned break from caring. (ii) provide ongoing communication between families, schools and respite providers ensuring focus on school re-engagement.

**You will need**
- excellent communication skills
- organisational and creative abilities, with a focus on meeting deadlines
- an ability to engage, enthuse and influence as required.

**The team**

You will work with a team that are committed and passionate about supporting children and young people re-engage with school and supporting their families to achieve this aim.

The team will provide a collaborative and positive environment which will enable the successful applicant to contribute to the wellbeing of families under strain.

**Empowering Everyone**

**For more information**
- Upload a** **supporting statement** indicating how you meet each of the criteria in the ‘Person Profile’ section **of the** **Job Description.

**Closing date: 11.30pm, 29 February 2024**

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. #LI-Hybrid

**As a modern and effective council, we **offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of **skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that **flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to **understand and support your individual needs. We’re driven **to make a positive difference to the world around us and **encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities.**

In return, you’ll enjoy:

- up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
- membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
- performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
- training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
- a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
- diverse and active staff networks
- flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day
- plus more

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