Family Liaison Officer
Southwark Park Primary School
Southwark
- £27,957 - £32,961 pro rata
- Expired
- Salary:
- Pro Rata Salary £21,742 - £25,612
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2023
Job overview
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 39 Weeks (term-time only)
Monday – Friday 08:30 to 16:00
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly organised, enthusiastic and professional Family Liaison Officer to work at Southwark Park Primary School.
We are seeking a compassionate and supportive Family Liaison Officer who has a sound understanding of safeguarding to work in this demanding but rewarding role. A key part of the role will be to focus on preventative and early intervention activities to assist in tackling underachievement by working with families, parents, carers and children in school and help them to overcome barriers to learning.
The successful candidate will:
- Be comfortable working either independently using their own initiative or as part of a team
- Have good communication skills, with a positive and enthusiastic approach and have the confidence to develop positive relationships to support and challenge hard to reach families
- Be confident and resilient and have the ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations and resolve conflict.
- Have an understanding of ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ and associated safeguarding procedures in nurseries / schools.
- Have knowledge of external agencies that can support families with a range of needs.
- Be able to relate to parents when advising and supporting their child.
- Possess excellent organisation, administration, communication and IT skills with the ability to prioritise and manage their workload effectively to secure successful outcomes.
- Report to the Senior Leadership Team and work alongside the office team.
Southwark Park School is a fully inclusive two-form entry primary school in Bermondsey, South East London, with an Ofsted rating of “Good”. We are fully committed to CPD and will ensure you receive all the training you need.
A visit to the school is highly recommended. Please phone or contact the school office to arrange a visit.
To discover more and to apply, take a look at the careers section of our website: https://www.southwarkparkschool.co.uk/Careers-at-SPPS/
Application Deadline: 09:00 on Monday 5 June 2023
Interviews: Thursday 8 June 2023
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant.
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About Southwark Park Primary School
At Southwark Park School we value our staff. We are looking to employ energetic, visionary and enthusiastic people who will contribute to the on-going success and development of the school.
Our staff are sociable, supportive and encouraging and we are committed to providing professional development opportunities for all, in line with our school improvement plan.
Southwark Park School is a two form entry nursery and primary school. We have recently returned to our newly refurbished and extended site opposite the park and close to public transport links. We are proud of our school which has large classrooms, new IT equipment throughout the building, an ICT suite and a Multi-Media room and our children love the purpose built equipment in the playground.
We take advantage of the many places of interest and relevance to our learning that are located in our area or central London. We keen on sports and the arts with a large variety of sports clubs running across the year (Running, dance, football, athletics etc), a music and a multi-media club. Our last OFSTED (March 2014) was Good.
The Senior Leadership team at the school consists of the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher and two Assistant Headteachers all of whom are non-class based. Between them they cover the SENCO role, coaching leadership, performance management across the school and have an overview of all other activities.
If you are interested in joining Southwark Park School take a look at the careers section of our website http://www.southwarkparkschool.co.uk/our-school/careers/.
Visits to the school are welcome, please contact our Bursar to make an appointment.
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At SPPS we have a friendly, caring atmosphere, with funny, friendly children and happy, respectful adults. We have fun and excitement at school with special days like skipping days, dressing up days, and more.
If you’re ready to be active and like having fun you will love our school. We have smart teachers that smile and care about us and about our education. Do you let children be joyful and have fun working together? Can you be strict when you need to? Are you fair and kind? If you are, then you would be very happy at SPPS. We have great clubs, fantastic music, lovely rewards…
School Council, Southwark Park Primary School
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