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Family Liaison Officer (Early Help Worker) - Greenacre Academy & Walderslade Girls' School - Term Time

Beyond Schools Trust

  • Ref:KCC-F22-246-S
  • Posted:27/03/2023
  • Pay:NJC Grade C1 points 6-19 - £17,376 - £22,031
  • Start Date:April 2023
  • App Close Date:16/04/2023 at 23:00
  • Interviews:TBA

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Family Liaison Officer (Early Help Worker)

Greenacre Academy & Walderslade Girls’ School

NJC Grade C1 points 6-19 - £17,376 - £22,031 per annum

Hours: 35 hours per week, term time only

Required: April 2023

Are you able to support pupils and parents/carers at times of change and stress? Can you engage parents to support their children’s education? If so we would love to hear from you!

We are looking to recruit a new Early Help Worker to our team. This is a new position within our Safeguarding Team and will involve working closely with the Secondary Safeguarding Lead and Family Liaison Officer.  The role will involve working holistically on early identification and prevention with families to improve children’s wellbeing both socially and academically, provide support to parents/carers and pupils at times of change and stress, engaging parents in supporting their children’s education and making links between the home, school and other relevant community resources.  For further details please refer to the job description.

Walderslade Girls’ School and Greenacre Academy are part of the Skills for Life Trust. Walderslade Girls’ School is aspiring to be a vibrant and high performing all girls High School with a strong community spirit and an ethos of inclusion, supporting learners of all abilities. We are an all-girls secondary academy in Medway with a large joint sixth form in partnership with Greenacre Academy, a single sex secondary boys’ school in Chatham

The Trust have developed a set of core values for staff which are promoted, encouraged and led by our CEO, Mr Andy Reese. The values help to ensure staff have a healthy work-life balance, are recognised and praised for their work, and are empowered to make decisions.  As part of the Skills for Life Trust you will be involved in collaborative working across the primary and secondary settings.

Amongst the many benefits of working within the Trust you will receive; 

  • Skills for Life Trust values
  • Free Private Healthcare Cover
  • Care First – Employee Assistance Programme
  • Personal development and promotion opportunities across the Trust
  • Trust wide focus on staff wellbeing
  • A supportive environment
  • Free Flu Vaccination
  • Flexible working
  • Timetabled and purposeful CPD
  • On-site car parking
  • Access to the National College*

*The National College provides engaging CPD in a high-quality video format on the latest practice, policy and research, working with some of the leading experts in education.

For more information about the Skills for Life Trust and our schools please visit our website at: www.sflt.org.uk

The Skills for Life Trust is commitment to safeguarding.  All of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates.  All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Closing Date: 16th April 2023.  We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Information about the trust

We are an ambitious organisation of 10 schools, serving the educational needs of nearly 7,000 children and young people aged 3 to 19.

Our academies are based in a tight geographical area drawing students and employees from Kent and Medway in the South East of England.

We employ around 900 people in a range of roles designed to support children to be successful when they leave the Trust. We also rely on the time and commitment of over 100 volunteer Trustees and Governors, who share our ambitions for our schools and our students. These are expressed in our vision, our mission, and our values.

We have a strong belief in the value of lifelong learning and in our strategic plan, we set out to develop a Trust that fully prepares children so they have the skills, knowledge, values and character to be successful in the world beyond our doors. We also believe that our greatest asset as an organisation, is our people, and we are privileged to be involved with such courageous, committed and child-centred employees. Everything we do is aimed at providing our staff with the resources and leadership to achieve their best. We believe that a supported and motivated staff create the best environment and the best opportunities for students to achieve their full potential.

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Job Contact Information

  • Name:HR Manager
  • Address:Fort Pitt Grammar School,
    Fort Pitt Hill,,
    Chatham,
    Kent,
    ME4 6TJ
  • Telephone: 01634 861596
  • Email: hr@sflt.org.uk

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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.