Family Liaison

**Salary Range: Grade 7 SCP 19-25 (Pro rata salary range £25,409 - £29,211)**

**Contract Type: Term Time + 3 weeks**

**Contract Term: Permanent**

**Start Date: 1st September 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter**

**Closing Date: 18th August 2023**

**Job Purpose**:
The core focus of this job is to be the Designated Safeguarding Lead and to work in partnership with parents, children and their families who experience difficulties accessing education due to attendance/behaviour or family difficulties and are at risk of social exclusion and to improve outcomes for all children, young people and families. This role includes responsibility for attendance and implementing initiatives to engage parents and improve overall attendance.

**Context**:
Works and communicates closely with children, young people and their families to engage with them to support school attendance and children missing from education, exclusion, behaviour and transition.

As the DSL the role will include taking lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across the school (including online safety). They will take part in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings and contribute to the assessment of children.

They will advise and support other members of staff on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters, and liaise with relevant agencies such as the local authority and police.

**Main Responsibilities**
- To work in partnership and offer non-judgemental support to Families parents/carers, pupils, school staff and other agencies
- To be lead DSL in line with KCSiE requirements.
- To encourage & assist parents/carers to develop a positive relationship with the school
- To be accessible to parents/carers and children, in school or at their home, as appropriate
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with parents/carers.
- Support parents/carers in sustaining and developing their parenting skills, encouraging them to access parenting programmes where appropriate
- To develop Parenting Agreements/Contracts
- To engage with parents/carers to promote self esteem and self confidence
- Offer early Intervention and preventative support to parents/carers and young people
- To encourage parents and children to take part in common assessments where appropriate
- To provide assessments of child and family in order to support development both in school and in the community including Home Assessments and Common Assessment Framework (CAF).
- To work with children on social interaction skills, risky and emotional behaviour, and to support and promote engagement
- To promote and encourage equal opportunities in education and to support young people and families to communicate their wishes in the educational setting so that they can gain optimum benefit from the service;
- To manage and promote emotional wellbeing via planned intervention with young people and their parents/carers;
- To identify and support young carers
- To ensure specific health needs are met via appropriate liaison and referral
- To undertake both group work and regular one to one sessions with young people and families to develop and enhance parenting skills, and build relationships using evidence based models of intervention
- To support the school in implementing strategies to improve behaviour and anti-bullying
- To provide support to children and families at risk of exclusion.
- To assist the school to reduce exclusion rates;
- Support excluded pupils to continue with their school work and build a plan for reintegrating the pupil back into school on return
- Responsible for raising levels of attendance and punctuality by working with the families to ascertain the causes of the absences and implement plans to resolve the situation
- To support children and families through major life-changing events;
- To assist in the co-ordinating and delivery of parent Information sessions including transition
- To support short term intervention packages to reduce exclusions
- To ensure that other vulnerable members of the families of challenging pupils are offered support as part of a family package
- To work with families to prepare, produce and develop achievable action plans to enable them to move forward in a positive way
- To co ordinate and oversee work experience pupils in school
- To oversee the school’s ICT security
- To play a vital role in the pastoral support provided to our pupils

**How to apply**

Application Packs are available from the Vacancies section of the school website:
**CVs will not be accepted**

**Salary**: £25,409.00-£29,211.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Colne, BB8 9AR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 18/08/2023
Expected start date: 01/09/2023