Family Liaison Officer - Full-time/Part-time

Parkside Community Primary School, Canterbury

Ref:KCC886-2607-115S
Posted:24/01/2019
Pay:KR5
Start Date:Feb 2019
App Close Date:30/01/2019 at 12:00
Interviews:TBC

Advert

Hours: 20 hours per week (minimum) , Term-Time + 5 inset days.

Contract Type: Fixed Term until end August 2019 initially.

We are seeking to appoint a Family Liaison Officer who is a motivated and enthusiastic professional. Parkside Community Primary School has a friendly and supportive staff ready to welcome you to our school team.

We are provisionally looking for a Family Liaison Officer for 20 hours per week, however, a candidate looking to work full-time who could make up the rest of the hours in a Teaching Assistant role would also be considered.

The successful candidate will:

Have excellent commuincation, listening and observation skills.
Organisational abilities and accurate record keeping skills.
Have a high level of education but a minimum of GCSEs in English and Maths.
Previous experience of working with children and families.
Sound knowledge and understanding of child growth and development.
Knowledge of the parenting needs of children.

Please see the attached documents for further information on person specification and job description.

Should you wish to have more information about the hours or salary please call the school before applying.

All applications must go through the Kent Teach website. CVs are not required. Please ensure you give email addresses for referees.

As the safety of our children is paramount in all we do, the successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Information about the school

Parkside Community Foundation Primary School is a small, growing, happy school on the outskirts of Canterbury. We have a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures within our school and this greatly enriches and enhances our school community.

Our pupils benefit from small classes and a high level of teaching assistant support in every class. After some testing years, we now have a new leadership team in place and the school is showing greatly improved results. We have been able to make significant improvements to, and investments in, our school site and we have an exciting future ahead.

At Parkside, we value greatly outdoor learning and are working towards improving a range of outdoor learning environments, including our own forest school area. We are also benefitting from the next phase of an upcoming building programme which will ensure our buildings will be of the same high standard as the education we deliver.

Job Contact Information

Name:School Office
Address:Tennyson Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1EP
Telephone: 01227 464956
Email: officemanager@parkside.kent.sch.uk

Documents

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