Family Liaison Worker

Contract: Permanent, Term time only

Work Pattern: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (0.75 FTE)

About us: Aspire is an Alternative Provision spread over five sites in High Wycombe, Chesham and Aylesbury. Aspire provides 'outstanding' alternative educational provision and support for secondary age students who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to attend mainstream school. The Aspire Medical Provision supports those children and young people who are too unwell to attend their mainstream school. These students are referred by CAMHS or other medical professionals, with the support of their mainstream schools and/or the Local Authority. Aspire Medical Provision is comprised of two Home Tuition Teams, site provision called Orchard House and the Stoke Mandeville Hospital Teaching Service, all of which deliver education across Buckinghamshire. Our focus is to support young people to reach their potential and enable them to re-engage with, and maintain, their learning and ideally to reintegrate back into their mainstream school.

About the role: These are exciting times for education and Aspire is rising to the challenge and looking for a Family Liaison Worker to support our Home Tuition Service Leads. The Home Tuition Service supports those students who are referred as being medically unfit to attend school; this may be for a short-term period or, in some instances, the students may need longer term education at home. The Service operates in a number of ways – going to a child’s home and working on a 1:1 basis with the child; or/and working on a 1:1 or small group basis at an Aspire base or via remote learning.

About you: In many instances, the young person may have been out of education for some time and so staff need to be skilled in building trust and relationships and in finding different ways to support a child with the learning. Students are referred from a range of settings, both at primary and secondary school level and the Family Liaison Worker would need to be approachable and empathetic to the needs of both the students and their parents/carers. This is a highly rewarding and varied role and we would welcome applications of interest from all backgrounds. You will be required to travel within the Buckinghamshire area and, as appropriate, may be working within the student’s home.

You will need to demonstrate the ability to work efficiently and creatively, supporting the Home Tuition Leads in their work to engage, monitor and safeguard the young people within their care. You should have experience of working to support the needs of a diverse range of school aged children.

Flexible working arrangements would be considered, although a full-time post is preferable.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and education of our students and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and references will be required along with the completion of a Health Questionnaire.

Aspire has been recognised by Ofsted as “Outstanding”. We are proud of our achievements and our students thrive in small teaching groups and a safe learning environment

For further information, including an informal conversation about the role, please contact hr@aspireap.org.uk.

To apply for this job please complete the application form and send it to hr@aspireap.org.uk

Closing Date: 24 January 2022         

Shortlisting: applications will be considered following the closing date   

Interviews: 31 January 2022 by individual arrangement