Education Liaison Officer – SafeBase

Head Office - Manchester, M15

About After Adoption

After Adoption provides lifelong support to anyone affected by adoption, delivering high quality services to the people who need them. Our reputation is built on over 25 years’ experience and we make a real difference to the lives of many.

Our innovative and award-winning services include:

• Families that Last, our family finding service for the children who wait longest in the care.
• Therapeutic Adoption Support Services, including SafeBase, our therapeutic parenting programme developed to equip parents with the skills and techniques to parent children who have been adopted from care.
• Birth Ties, which provides advice, support and counselling to birth family members.
• ReUnite, a service to help people reconnect with family members separated by adoption.
• TALKadoption, for adopted young people to enable them to share experiences and be supported. This also includes a therapeutic residential short break offer.

Our culture

‘After Adoption is an inspirationally-led and people-centred organisation’
Assessor, Investors in People

We are:

• Passionate about making a difference and changing lives
• Creative in our approach
• Vibrant, dynamic and innovative
• Always trying to do things better
• Honest and open

We nurture talent, celebrate and reward success and value diversity.

To find out more visit:
www.afteradoption.org.uk
www.safebase.org.uk
www.familiesthatlast.org.uk

About the role

This is a newly created role and a fantastic opportunity to develop, lead and promote our very successful SafeBase for schools programme. SafeBase for schools is a training programme which uses a whole school approach and is linked to the SafeBase Therapeutic Parenting Programme.

As the Education Liaison Officer, you will be working within schools to deliver SafeBase for schools and improve education professionals knowledge, skills and confidence in supporting adopted and permanently placed children in education with attachment and trauma difficulties. Amongst other duties, you will help facilitate child focused consultations with school staff, parents and key stakeholders to identify children's needs, agree strategies and interventions, and review the effectiveness of these in line with SafeBase for schools programme.

The successful candidate will have a professional qualification within the field of education/educational psychology/teaching and registered with the relevant professional body. The candidate must also have experience in working within a educational/school setting and of delivering training courses and teaching.

If you are passionate about helping others and making a difference, and want to play a role in driving forward the work of After Adoption, then get in touch.

In return you can expect:

• Matched employers contribution to a group pension scheme (to a maximum of 6%)
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Your achievements to be acknowledged through our Reward and Recognition Scheme
• Family friendly policies and flexible working via credit time

For more information on After Adoption and this role, including how to apply please go to:

www.afteradoption.org.uk/about-us/work-us .

Applicants will be subject to rigorous verification and vetting checks related to child protection and safeguarding matters. These include references covering a five-year period, medical fitness checks, qualification status/registration, identity checks and Enhanced DBS checks as laid down by the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Closing date for applications: Midnight, 09 September 2016
Panel interviews: 19 September 2016 - TBC

After Adoption reserves the right to close adverts early for particular reasons. Adverts will therefore close at midnight, either on the advertised closing date, or the day the decision has been taken to remove the advert early. Applicants are encouraged to complete and submit applications at their earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

After Adoption, Unit 5 Citygate, 5 Blantyre Street, Manchester. M15 4JJ.
Tel: 0161 830 2007

jobs@afteradoption.org.uk

After Adoption is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. After Adoption a registered charity number 1000888 is an equal opportunities employer.
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