Family & Community Engagement Champion

Summit Learning Trust; Birmingham; Presencial; GBP 24.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Staff wellbeing initiatives

CPD opportunities

Career progression

Descripción de la vacante

Summit Learning Trust invites applications for a Family Support role to assist learners and their families, removing barriers to attendance, engagement and wellbeing. You will work in partnership with parents, carers and school staff to provide targeted interventions and timely, joined-up support.

Candidate must have GCSEs including Maths and English, experience with vulnerable children and families, and the ability to liaise with professionals while maintaining confidentiality.

Formación

• GCSEs, including Maths and English at grade C or above or equivalent qualifications.
• Demonstrable experience of working effectively with vulnerable children/young people/families in education, social work, youth work or related area.
• Extensive experience of working effectively with the parents/carers of children/young people.
• Experience of working with a range of professionals to promote children’s/young people’s learning or welfare OR significant recent experience in work with children and families in a statutory childcare agency.
• Demonstrable knowledge of confidentiality principles.

Responsabilidades

• Act as the lead point of contact for parents and carers of learners receiving targeted or additional family support.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with families to remove barriers to attendance, engagement, wellbeing, and learning, both in school and beyond.
• Take responsibility for day-to-day management of attendance concerns for identified learners, implementing timely responses and liaising with the strategic attendance lead where appropriate.
• Use attendance and engagement data to identify patterns, initiate early intervention, and support sustained improvement.
• Work closely with school staff to identify learners and families who would benefit from targeted family support and regularly review caseloads and impact.
• Represent the school at multi-agency meetings, including Early Help and Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings, contributing professional insights and providing written reports when required.

Conocimientos

Building relationships

Communication

Empathy

Teamwork

Educación

GCSEs incl. Maths & English (C or above)

Descripción del empleo

Summit Learning Trust invites applications for a Family Support role to assist learners and their families, removing barriers to attendance, engagement and wellbeing. You will work in partnership with parents, carers and school staff to provide targeted interventions and timely, joined-up support.

Candidate must have GCSEs including Maths and English, experience with vulnerable children and families, and the ability to liaise with professionals while maintaining confidentiality.