Home Academy Liaison Officer

HARRIS FEDERATION; Thundersley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Harris Allowance

Annual Loyalty Bonus

Pension Scheme

Wellbeing Cash Plan

Job summary

Harris Federation seeks a dedicated Home Academy Liaison Officer to champion attendance, welfare and inclusion for their students. You will work with families and staff to overcome barriers and support vulnerable pupils to achieve their potential.

The role offers a salary in the range of £26,296–£27,430 for 37.5 hours per week over 41 weeks per year. You will contribute to robust interventions and safeguarding across the academy.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification (or equivalent).
• Knowledge of behaviour for learning policies in schools.
• Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face.
• Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures.
• Basic knowledge of first aid and willingness to engage in further training

Responsibilities

• Overseeing Educational Welfare across the academy.
• Managing a caseload of at-risk students with attendance below 85% and implementing strategies to improve attendance.
• Monitoring and improving attendance of vulnerable students, including Looked after students and those on child protection registers.
• Organising meetings and coordinating with external agencies to address poor attendance.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory duties, including reporting persistent and severe absenteeism.
• Conducting home visits to engage families and address barriers to school attendance.

Skills

Behaviour for learning policies

Barriers to learning

Safeguarding training

First aid knowledge

Education

Degree-level qualification (or equivalent)

Job description

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Home Academy Liaison Officer to champion student attendance, welfare and inclusion. Working closely with families and colleagues, you will help our most vulnerable students overcome challenges, engage fully in school life and achieve their potential.

The actual salary for this role will be £26,296-£27,430 (37.5 hours per week, 41 weeks per year).

Main Areas of Responsibility

• Overseeing Educational Welfare across the academy.
• Managing a caseload of 'at risk' students, where attendance falls below 85% and implement strategies to improve attendance. HALO to ensure that prompt, consistent and rigorous intervention with poor attendance is robust.
• Monitoring and improving the attendance of most vulnerable students at the academy, including Looked after students, those on the child protection register, children identified as being in need either by Academy staff or external agencies.
• Managing the process of addressing poor attendance across the academy. Organising meetings as appropriate for vulnerable students ensuring all external agencies and relevant staff are invited.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory duties, including reporting persistent and severe absenteeism.
• Conducting home visits to engage families and address barriers to school attendance.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Qualifications to degree level (or equivalent)
• Knowledge of behaviour for learning policies in schools
• Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
• Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
• Basic knowledge of first aid (e.g. emergency first aid course) and a willingness to engage in further appropriate training

Harris Academy Benfleet is on an exciting journey to help our fantastic young people harness their potential. We are incredibly proud of our students. We expect only the very best from them. We expect them to work hard and aim high. In return we are dedicated to developing each of them into successful, compassionate future leaders.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includesour Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, an Annual Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more abouton our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.