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Family Liaison Officer Teaching/Child Support - Part-time

Staplehurst School, Tonbridge

  • Ref:KCC886-2192-152S
  • Posted:21/05/2018
  • Pay:Negotiable
  • Start Date:Sep 2018
  • App Close Date:15/06/2018 at 12:00
  • Interviews:Tuesday 19 June 2018

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We are looking to appoint someone who can engage effectively with parents/carers and families to provide early intervention, support and guidance to increase engagement with the school and improve learning outcomes for students.

The FLO will liaise with all school staff, always in the best interests of the children and their families. They will work impartially and confidentially and provide a ‘listening ear’, offering advice or support. The FLO will be expected to liaise with and undertake referrals to other agencies as appropriate, including Early Help referrals.

Our aims are to:

  • Empower parents/carers to take an active role in their child’s social, emotional and educational development
  • Support parents in a range of issues that could impact on their ability to parent effectively
  • Encourage good relations and effective dialog between parents and teachers about a child’s progress

If you are organised and flexible, self-motivated and resourceful, efficient yet personable, then please consider joining our exceptionally professional and friendly staff team.

This is a part time position, 5 mornings per week, term time only.

Information about the school

Staplehurst School has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. We are proud that ‘the school’s values of positivity, respect, independence, determination and excellence (PRIDE) are seamlessly woven into everyday life’ Ofsted January 2022. Our school is a two form entry community school, with approximately 400 pupils. Situated conveniently, between Maidstone and Cranbrook, in a beautiful rural part of Kent, the school, with its ‘outward-facing, best practice at heart’ culture, has achieved sustained academic improvement and continues to retain an excellent, enthusiastic team of staff.

Blessed within beautiful and spacious grounds, Staplehurst School has the added benefit of two large sports halls, music room, library and a lovely Early Years outside space, as well as a Breakfast Club available from 7.30am and an After School Club until 5.30pm.

Staplehurst School continues to be at the heart of the village community, where we pride ourselves on being an integral part of the everyday lives of people in the village. It is this community support, together with the caring and commitment from staff, which contributes to the well-being of the children. The Governing Body, staff and parents are an ambitious and dedicated team, working together to promote the school, and where our aim is to ensure each child reaches their full potential.

At Staplehurst School children definitely come first!

At Staplehurst, we consider our curriculum to be knowledge-rich. We view the curriculum as the mastery of a body of subject-specific knowledge, the definition of which has been carefully considered and sequenced to offer children the best opportunities as successful 21st century citizens. We champion the importance of invaluable knowledge that children deserve – this informs how we grow our pupils, and how we ensure that when they leave, they have had a rich, culturally diverse experience and are ready to progress to secondary school as well-rounded, considerate individuals.

Our school is committed to equality as well as safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with KCSIE guidance, all candidates who are shortlisted will be subject to an online search. This search is not part of the shortlisting process itself and all shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to address any issues of concern resulting from the search.

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01580 891291

Documents

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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.