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School-Home Support, Liverpool (Hybrid)
£22,274 - £24,796 depending on experience
We are looking for a Family Support Worker to join our team and to make a difference in children's lives every single day.
Posted 1 week ago
Closing today at 23:30
Breaking Barriers, Liverpool (Hybrid)
£24,000 - £26,500 per year
Posted 1 month ago Quick Apply
NFP People on behalf of Stroke Association, Remote
Circa £31,300 per annum
Posted 1 week ago
NFP People on behalf of Stroke Association, Remote
Circa £35,000 pa (inner £3,950 pa / outer £2,100 pa) London weighting
Posted 2 days ago
Special Olympics Great Britain, Remote
£22,400 - £25,600 per year
We are looking for a Corporate Partnership Executive to join our team, as we continue our development within corporate fundraising.
Posted 1 week ago Quick Apply
NFP People on behalf of Foundations, the national What Works Centre for Children & Families, Remote
£70,000-£80,000 or £300 - 350 day rate
Posted 4 days ago
Closing tomorrow
FareShare, Speke, Merseyside (On-site)
£23,620 - £24,328 per year
Posted 6 days ago
Closing today at 23:30
Breaking Barriers, Liverpool (Hybrid)
£24,000 - £26,500 per year
Posted 1 month ago Quick Apply
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United Kingdom (Hybrid)
Liverpool, Merseyside
£22,274 - £24,796 depending on experience
Full-time
Contract (Fixed Term until August 2027)
Job description

For over 35 years, School-Home Support has been working with children, families and schools to break the cycle of poor school attendance, low educational attainment, anti social behaviour, crime, low paid or no job, generation after generation. School-Home Support gets children and young people back into school, ready to learn. Whatever it takes.

Purpose of role

To work with families, parents, carers and the school to enable children and young people to have full access to educational opportunities and overcome the barriers to learning.  This may include working with the wider family and community.

Work Context

Based at Haberdashers' Abraham Darby  the SHS Practitioner will work from a child centred approach and primarily be concerned with developing and maintaining good working relationships with parents/carers, children and young people, teachers, head teachers and various educational support staff and other agencies. The workload is varied and is negotiated with the schools prior to the appointment of the SHS Practitioner.

Level of contact with children and young people

The responsibilities of the post require the post-holder to have substantial, unsupervised and daily contact with children, young people and their families and is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. SHS will organise and pay for this certificate.

Internal contacts

Colleagues of School-Home Support (UK) to share tasks, information and good practice, colleagues throughout the organisation who may be in a position to assist with, or require help from the SHS Practitioner in the fulfilment of the role. This includes colleagues in both schools and Central Office.  This is not a definitive list.

External contacts

This includes: head teachers, teachers, SENCOs, parents, carers and families, students, youth workers, other SHSPs/PSAs and learning mentors, health workers, voluntary sector organisations, researchers, other professionals in related fields of work.  This is not a definitive list.

Other Organisations

Professional contacts include: social services, schools, voluntary organisations, youth and community workers and groups, religious and cultural groups, benefits agencies, general practitioners etc. This is not a definitive list.

Safeguarding
School-Home Support takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. We are committed to ensuring our safeguarding procedures reflect statutory responsibilities, government guidance and comply with best practice. Our policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances and we therefore take all necessary steps to protect them.

Main responsibilities and tasks

Work with families
 

  1. Work with parents/carers in a school context, supporting them and building their engagement with their child’s learning.

  1. To design and/or facilitate a flexible range of programmes of intervention to support parents/carers of children identified as vulnerable.

  1. To undertake outreach work which may include home visits, to offer a flexible support service in accordance with the SHS lone worker policy, in order to improve parental engagement with the school and with the child’s learning.

  1. To act as advocate, mediator and negotiator in confrontational situations, maintaining communication with young people, parents/carers, schools and other agencies.  This will include initiating and participating in meetings to discuss and develop ways of resolving problems.

  2. To provide targeted support on a one to one basis or for small groups with parents/carers, children and young people through either self-referral or school staff referral.

  3. To advise and inform parents/carers about relevant local services and where appropriate to make referrals to other agencies.

Liaison with other agencies

  1. To ensure effective communication between the school, parents/carers and external agencies and to understand the school’s culture and ethos.

  2. To provide informal opportunities for all parents/carers to access specialist support in the school and local community to increase their capacity to independently support the child’s learning.

  3. To act in accordance with SHS and the school’s child protection procedures and ensure the job holder keeps up to date with relevant training in this area.

  4. To attend and contribute to child protection conferences, reviews, core group meetings, pastoral support plan meetings and school reviews as appropriate, which may support the Early Help Assessment (EHA).

Monitoring and evaluation

  1. To keep accurate electronic daily records and all documentation pertaining to meetings/contact with children and young people and their families.

  2. To maintain receipts and documentation of any expenditure in order to facilitate the monitoring of the budget. 

  3. Produce a written annual report before the end of each summer term with case studies.

  4. To take ownership and fully participate in termly work plan reviews and the annual appraisal to determine priorities both for the school and for SHS.

Additional requirements depending on the needs of the school

  1. Where appropriate to provide transition support between secondary school and feeder primary schools and between infant school and junior school.  This will also include mid-term admissions.

  2. To plan, prepare and run high quality, outcome focused informal and formal parenting groups, workshops and courses, in line with the project objectives and local authority Parenting Strategy.

  3. To support parents/carers of children and young people identified as at risk of exclusion or having been excluded.

  4. To monitor and track the attendance and punctuality of children and young people and work with families and School attendance staff to gain improvements though identifying and tackling underlying issues.

  5. To provide targeted work with children and young people who have persistent absence.

Other Organisational Responsibilities

  1. To attend out of hours meetings, for example parent evenings and school events.

  2. To regularly attend local area meetings and conferences and other meetings or working groups for exchange of information and “best practice”.

  3. To take ownership and develop a learning plan and review this with the SHS line manager to ensure reflection and development of own practice.

  4. To ensure that good practice and equal opportunity principles are complied with and promoted in accordance with SHS values and Diversity/Equal Opportunities Policy.

  5. To conform to health and safety legal requirements as laid down by the school and SHS.

  6. To ensure that a high level of confidentiality is maintained in all aspects of working with children, young people and their families.

Application resources
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School-Home Support View profile Company size Size: 51 - 100
Refreshed on: 20 August 2024
Closing date: 04 September 2024 at 23:59
Job ref: Haberdashers
Tags: Education

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