Family Liaison Officer

Dev; Chorley; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Colten Care's Waterloo Lodge School in Chorley, Lancashire, seeks a Family Liaison Officer to help pupils overcome barriers to learning. You will monitor attendance, work with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Local Authorities, and support families to ensure children attend school on time every day.

Already experienced in SEN or mainstream education, you will be forward-thinking, engaging, and resilient, with an innovative mentoring style to help families and pupils reach their

Qualifications

• Experience in an SEN or mainstream education environment.
• Forward-thinking, engaging and resilient approach to mentoring and supporting families.
• Ability to monitor attendance and work with safeguarding teams.

Responsibilities

• Monitor pupil attendance and engagement.
• Collaborate with the DSL and Local Authorities to support families and carers.
• Assist in inducting new pupils and supporting smooth transitions into school.
• Support plans to help each child access educational opportunities and overcome barriers.

Skills

SEN education experience

Family liaison

Mentoring & counselling

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Job description

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Company Name: Colten Care

Job Description

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Job Title: Family Liaison Officer

Location: Waterloo Lodge School, Chorley, Lancashire

Hours: 40 hours per week;Monday - Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

Are you a Family Liaison Officer committed to improving the lives of children and young people?

Job Purpose

To assist in tackling underachievement by working in partnership with families, parents, carers, Local Authorities and pupils on roll at Waterloo Lodge School, to enable pupils to have full access to educational opportunities and overcome barriers to learning and participation. This includes monitoring attendance, working closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Local Authorities to support parents and carers ensuring their children attend school on time every day. The role may also include working with other professionals if there are other concerns and attending meetings based on a plan to support the child and family. The role will include the induction of new pupils to the school.

Already experienced in an SEN or mainstream education environment, you will be forward thinking, engaging, resilient, and have an innovative style of mentoring, motivated by supporting families and helping every child to reach their potential.

Qualifications required: GCSE Maths & English.

About us

Waterloo Lodge is an Independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18, catering for children with a wide range of needs in Lancashire, Manchester and surrounding areas. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering children in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them academically and socially, to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

Acorn Education & Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable children and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Acorn Education and Care?

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.

JOB ID 195201