Family Liaison Officer

Family Liaison Officer
Grade 7 PTS 19-22 (21,656-22,982 + additional days) – Pay award pending

11-16 mixed comprehensive – NOR 850
Salary: 37 Hours per week TTO + 4 weeks
Scale 7

 Required as soon as possible

John Spence is a popular and successful school, serving students from the North Shields area of North Tyneside.

We have an exciting opportunity for a determined and resilient Family Liaison Officer to join our school community.  The Family Liaison Officer will be an essential member of the school pastoral team and will play a key part in developing positive relationships with some of our hardest to reach families to support the development of the young people in our community. The role of the FLO is to assist in positive relationships in school, tackling underachievement by working in partnership with families, parents, carers to enable students, particularly the most disadvantaged, to have full access to educational opportunities and overcome barriers to learning and participation.

This post is a permanent term time contract working 37 hours per week (Monday to Thursday 8:30am – 4:30pm and Friday 8:30am – 4:00pm), term time plus 20 additional days to ensure continuity of support and contact is maintained outside of the school term.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Helen Blair, Assistant Headteacher on [email protected]

John Spence Community High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  As such an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant checks deemed appropriate.

An application form and accompanying letter should be completed and returned no later than Friday 4^th February @10am to the Headteachers PA [email protected].  Further details of the school and the post can be obtained from the school website, www.johnspence.org.uk as can a copy of the application form.

Interview date TBC