Salary: £29,777 - £31,364 FTE (£25,842 - £27,219 pro rata)
We are looking for a Family Liaison Officer to join our team here at The Wells Academy!
About the role:
- Manage, implement and review the strategy for the child and family work within the
academy
- Identify and address the needs of children and families who need help to overcome barriers
to learning and engagement with education
- Support families so that they can support their child’s learning and well-being; including
supporting families to increase resilience and independence in accessing support and
participating in academy and community life
- Promote the safeguarding of all students at the academy
- Support the wider SEND team with ensuring he graduated response is embedded, including
the administrative element of the process
About us:
The Wells Academy was launched in September 2020 and since then has been on a transformational journey at an unprecedented rate, putting it on track to become the biggest school turnaround journey in the country.
The Wells Academy believes in its whole community displaying the highest of standards at all time and endeavours to provide the successful candidate with:
- Disruption free learning
- A highly academic and knowledge rich curriculum
- Students displaying impeccable manners and attitudes
- A comprehensive professional learning programme
- Dedicated CPD time
- A highly visible and supportive SLT
- A culture of high expectations and academic excellence.
For more information, please visit: https://www.thewellsacademy.org/
In Return:
You can be assured that you will be joining a successful Multi Academy Trust that has a great track record in helping children to succeed no matter what their background. The Trust is dedicated to valuing and developing the workforce whether that be through ensuring a fair workload or offering access to bespoke CPD from the Learning Alliance to enhance professional growth.
We believe in looking after the people who make a huge difference to our children, their families and the communities we serve. That’s why we give everyone who joins a Perkbox account – with 24/7 access to perks and discounts, plus curated wellbeing tools to look after your physical and mental health. It’s part of our commitment to look after you.
Here’s what you can look forward to:
- Hundreds of global and local perks, available online 24/7
- Shopping discounts from the biggest brands, all year round
- Save money on everything from the supermarket shop to summer holidays
- A free Employee Assistance Programme from Health Assured
If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education”.
The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.