Home School Liaison Officer
St John Plessington Catholic College
Wirral
- Expired
- Salary:
- Band F, Scale point 12-17 (pro rata) £20,499-£22,632
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 3 June 2022
Job overview
St John Plessington Catholic College
Home School Liaison Officer
Start date: as soon as possible
Salary: Band F, Scale point 12-17 (pro rata) £20,499-£22,632
Contract: This is a permanent contract, 36 hours per week, 41 weeks per year (term time plus 3 weeks)
The governors of St John Plessington Catholic College would like to invite applications from excellent, enthusiastic and engaging individuals for the post of Home School Liaison Officer at St John Plessington Catholic College.
This is a unique opportunity to work for the Holy Family Multi Academy Trust. This post will be based at St John Plessington Catholic College. St John Plessington Catholic College Voluntary Academy is an outstanding and oversubscribed 11-18 College.
Attendance is a key component for students’ attainment and wellbeing. The successful candidate will establish and develop a professional service to support the school in raising attendance, investigating persistent absences and improving punctuality. The successful candidate will advise the school on strategies to promote the regular and punctual attendance of all students and assist with the implementation of the strategies.
Key duties of the post are:
• To contribute to raising achievement by improving school attendance
• To provide a specialist service to assist the school in meeting their obligations and targets in relation to school attendance, especially persistent absence
• To promote positive attitudes by students and families towards education and to ensure that parents are made fully aware of their statutory responsibilities
• To make unsupervised contact with families in their own homes, and elsewhere, to assess the reasons impacting on the attendance of individual students, facilitating their return or access to regular full time education provision
• To establish and develop a professional service to support the school in raising attendance, investigating persistent absences and improving punctuality
We can offer you:
A supportive, friendly working environment
A team committed to supporting professional development
Enthusiastic young people who love coming to school
An experienced and motivated staff team
A school with high aspirations for its students and staff
We would like you to:
Be a positive role model for all members of the school community
Be able to work well with young children and confident in establishing secure relationships
Have high expectations of yourself and our students
Be able to work flexibly as part of a team
Closing date for applications: Friday 3rd June 2022 at 12.00pm
St John Plessington Catholic College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is a requirement for the successful applicant to undertake a school issued Enhanced DBS check.
For further details please see the documents attached to this advert or our website. All applications should be made on the CES application form – CVs are not acceptable.
Please submit your application electronically as soon as possible to recruitment@hfcmat.com.
Attached documents
About St John Plessington Catholic College
- St John Plessington Catholic College
- Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral
- Merseyside
- CH63 7LF
- United Kingdom
St John Plessington Catholic College Voluntary Academy is a good and oversubscribed 11-18 college based in Benington on the Wirral.
The College became an Academy in 2012 and is part of Holy Family Catholic MAT comprising six other schools.
We strive to develop excellence in all we do, empowering an inclusive community, founded on Gospel values.
OFSTED Inspection – November 2022:
What OFSTED has said about us:
- Pupils and sixth-form students at this school access a high-quality education.
- Leaders have designed a curriculum which is ambitious for all, including pupils with SEND.
- Leaders make sure that teachers use assessment strategies effectively to identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge.
- Leaders are ambitious for every pupil to read confidently.
- Leaders have recently raised their expectations of pupils’ behaviour and conduct.
- Leaders put pupils’ spiritual and moral development at the heart of school life.
- Staff told inspectors that leaders support them well. They recognise the recent work that leaders have done to improve their well-being and workload.
- Leaders ensure a strong culture of safeguarding. They take steps to make sure that pupils and students are safe.
What we can offer:
- The opportunity to make a significant difference to our children’s lives in an environment that has high aspirations for all.
- The chance to help shape and develop our other school through collaborative leadership and dynamic interpersonal skills
- A working environment that is modern and professional
- Great experience for those who want to work at the very highest level in education
- A comprehensive, tailored CPD offer at every level
St John Plessington Catholic College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
St John Plessington is easily accessible via public transport from Liverpool and Chester and is located 5 minutes away from junction 4 of the M53.
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