Family Liaison Officer

Carisbrooke College; Newport; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Carisbrooke College is seeking a dedicated Pastoral Support Lead to co-ordinate and deliver high-quality support for vulnerable students. You will work with pastoral teams to implement Early Help plans, support attendance, behaviour, and family liaison, including home visits as required.

A full, clean driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential. You will establish positive relationships with students, liaise with parents and external agencies, and lead meetings to review interventions

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate contact and liaison with external agencies supporting vulnerable students.
• Coordinate and manage Early Help plans.
• Implement positive behaviour strategies for individuals and groups.
• Promote inclusion and high expectations; support self-esteem and independence.
• Develop and monitor Behaviour/Attendance Plans and contracts to improve behaviour and attendance.
• Build constructive relationships with students and interact according to individual needs.
• Keep accurate welfare records and prepare reports for parents and meetings.
• Collaborate with partner agencies to provide interventions for student behaviour.
• Provide emotional and behavioural support and liaise with parents and external agencies.
• Lead and attend meetings to support school operations.

Job description

Job Purpose:

To support the pastoral teams in the delivery of high-quality behaviour for learning by co-coordinating and leading on all issues relating to the support of vulnerable students within Carisbrooke College, particularly the areas of behaviour, attendance and early help support.

Behaviour and Engagement

• To lead and co-ordinate contact and liaison with external agencies supporting vulnerable students.
• Take a lead role in co-coordinating and managing Early Help plans.
• Implement positive behaviour strategies, as appropriate, to individual / groups of students.
• Act as a role model by setting challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students.
• Take a lead role in the development, implementation and monitoring of individual Behaviour/Attendance Plans and contracts including Pastoral Support Programmes with the goal of improving behaviour/ attendance, specifically with those students that attendance is a cause for concern.
• Establish constructive and positive relationships with all students and interact with them according to individual needs.
• Keep accurate records for each student, recording issues and actions taken.
• Prepare reports on students for parents and meetings, as required.
• Work with partner agencies - internal and external - in order to provide interventions to improve behaviour of students.
• Provide emotional and behavioural support to students and liaise with parents/outside agencies.
• Lead, attend and contribute to meetings.

Supporting Positive Behaviour

• Develop and embed strategies, in liaison with Heads of Year, Faculty Leaders and members of SLT to support students to achieve positive behaviour and attendance at all times.
• Be part of the team supporting and monitoring students' response to intervention and provide information and feedback to colleagues as required.

Supporting Families

• Meet with parents/carers, as necessary, to support students in improving their behaviour and attendance.
• Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers.
• Act as a contact for parents/carers if the behaviour or attendance of students gives cause for concern.
• Undertake home visits where appropriate to support school-based improvement strategies for vulnerable students and those at risk of permanent exclusion or becoming CME.
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  A full, clean driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes are essential, as home visits form part of the role.

Supporting Colleagues

• Develop, co-ordinate, monitor and communicate strategies in liaison with teachers to support students towards improving behaviour and attendance.
• Provide regular feedback to line manager, staff, students about behaviour and any other issues as appropriate.
• Promote good behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with policies.
• Lead on the support for, and the arrangements relating to, alternative learning packages that may be required to support students identified as being at high risk of permanent exclusion.
• Ensure appropriate monitoring processes and open lines of communication with all colleagues supporting students.

Administration

• Organise and chair meetings, as appropriate.
• Update student Welfare notes, both paper based and electronic systems
• Refer students with a range of social, emotional, developmental, behavioural and learning needs to the relevant internal or external agencies.