This family and community engagement role at Cockshut Hill School sits within Summit Learning Trust and works with parents, carers and families to remove barriers to pupils' attendance, wellbeing and achievement. The post coordinates targeted individual and group interventions, manages day-to-day attendance concerns and represents the school at Early Help and Team Around the Family meetings. It also helps build the school into a community hub by linking families to local services and support. Visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Act as lead point of contact for parents and carers of learners receiving targeted or additional family support
- Build trusting relationships with families to remove barriers to attendance, engagement, wellbeing and learning
- Manage day-to-day attendance concerns for identified learners, responding promptly and liaising with the strategic attendance lead
- Use attendance and engagement data to spot patterns, start early intervention and support sustained improvement
- Coordinate and deliver targeted individual and group interventions for learners and families with school staff and external professionals
- Work with school staff to identify families needing targeted support and review caseloads and impact regularly
- Represent the school at multi-agency meetings, including Early Help and TAF meetings, giving professional input and written reports when required
- Empower families to raise aspirations, build confidence and make positive change
- Help establish the school as a welcoming community hub
- Keep up-to-date knowledge of local services, signpost families and facilitate access to support
- Build positive relationships with families and the wider community to sustain engagement and impact
Qualifications
- GCSEs including Maths and English at grade C or above, or equivalent
Experience
- Demonstrable experience working effectively with vulnerable children, young people or families in education, social work, youth work or a related area
- Extensive experience working effectively with parents or carers of children and young people
- Experience working with a range of professionals to promote learning or welfare, or significant recent experience with children and families in a statutory childcare agency
Skills & knowledge
- Demonstrable knowledge of giving advice and guidance to children and young people, including confidentiality
- Effective working relationships with people at all levels
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check including Children's Barred List check
- Online searches for shortlisted candidates
What’s offered
- Welcoming, supportive and inclusive working environment
- High quality CPD opportunities and career progression
- Access to staff wellbeing initiatives
- Wide range of employee benefits
- Opportunities to collaborate with educators through the trust's Professional Learning Institute
- Flexible working, subject to operational requirements
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
