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Multi Agency Officer - Term Time

The Beacon, Folkestone

  • Ref:KCC886-7043-288S
  • Posted:14/09/2022
  • Pay:KR7-8 DOE
  • Start Date:ASAP
  • App Close Date:28/09/2022 at 20:00
  • Interviews:7 October 2022

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At the Beacon, we are always looking to be on the front foot with our positive relationships and communication with our community. These are essential qualities for anyone looking to join our energetic and hard working school. We have an exciting vacancy for an outstanding practitioner with a background in safeguarding and attendance to join our existing team.  

The successful candidate will join our highly skilled team at our Folkestone site, with potential to work across our satellite provisions. We are looking for a reliable, creative and resilient professional who can build strong boundaried relationships with parents, carers, teachers, support staff and external agencies.  We require proven experience in keeping children safe and where necessary, reducing absence. The role is at the heart of supporting the young people in our community to thrive. if our children are safe and attending school regularly, they have the best chance to succeed and fulfil their ambition for life after The Beacon.

We see this role as one of providing a rounded approach to supporting and forming working relationship, which are at the core of our safeguarding ethos.

SCALE: Kent Range 7 -8, depending on experience (£20,469.74 - £23,289.17 pro rata)

HOURS: 37.5 per week, Mon - Fri 

WEEKS: 39 weeks per year 

A brief summary of duties will include:

  • Establishing good relationships with parents
  • Identify needs for pupil support 
  • Ensuring a high quality of safeguarding within the school
  • Safeguarding administration
  • Attending meetings
  • Keeping clear records
  • Providing training 

For more information about the role, please see our candidate pack or contact the school directly and speak to HR. 

Information about the school

The Beacon is a multi-site, all-age school (3-19 years) offering 410 pupils with complex needs, profound and severe learning difficulties and physical and sensory impairments a wide range of educational experiences. We currently work across four sites: the main site is Park Farm Road, Folkestone, a small 10 place satellite provision hosted by Castle Hill Primary School, Beacon+ College for 19-25 year olds based in the town centre and our newest satellite provision in Walmer.

The Beacon has a strong cooperative ethos and culture, building on personalised learning to ensure all students thrive within school and beyond. Learning at The Beacon offers a child-centred ‘needs led’ curriculum, which incorporates elements of the EY Foundation Stage, National Curriculum and external accreditation as appropriate, including Life Skills and Social Skills.

We will also continue to provide training and support for mainstream schools through the Specialist Teaching and Learning Service team managed by the school. This team offers support, training, outreach advice and guidance to our mainstream colleagues. In addition, the Beacon has both conference and meeting facilities and regularly hosts nationally renowned speakers on its courses.

The Beacon also hosts a Multi-Agency Support Hub. This is one of four centres across the County that brings NHS colleagues, paediatricians, speech and occupational therapists, and nursing services, alongside children’s social services and portage colleagues into one cohesive centre. We are proud of the strong partnerships this brings to benefit the children and families of Shepway.

At The Beacon, we are driven by our shared moral purpose to do all that we can to improve educational outcomes and life chances for all our young people. We believe strongly that the best way to do this is through the partnership, collaboration and a commitment to work together to achieve excellence in all we do. Nothing says this more than our peer to peer reflection and coaching groups that exist throughout the school. This total collaboration and investment from staff drives our teaching and learning to be the best it can be. As we have outlined at the beginning of this narrative, we expect the highest possible standards of ourselves and all stakeholders, believing that in this way we can maximise learning and develop a truly reflective learning community.

If this sounds like the kind of environment in which you would thrive, then we look forward to hearing from you.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.