Start Date: 5 January 2026
We are looking for a Family Liaison Officer to join our team and strengthen the vital partnership between home, school, and the wider community.
As the first point of contact for parents and families, you will play a key role in fostering positive relationships and supporting wellbeing. You’ll take the lead in promoting parental engagement, collaborating closely with schools, family intervention teams and external support services.
A key part of this role involves coordinating Early Help support and working with a range of agencies to ensure families receive the right assistance at the right time. Strong knowledge of safeguarding practices is essential, and you’ll be confident in applying them and committed to ongoing professional development and training.
We’re looking for someone who is proactive, compassionate, and committed to helping children and families thrive through trust, empathy, and early intervention.
If you’re passionate about supporting families, building strong connections, and making a lasting impact in children’s lives, we’d love to hear from you.
About Us:
Orchard Manor School is a Special School with an outstanding residential provision that caters for 220 students aged 4 -19. We provide education and care for pupils with communication and interaction difficulties, Autistic spectrum conditions and learning needs. Pupils attend as day pupils or residentially from Monday to Friday.
This is achieved through working in partnership with all stakeholders and other relevant professionals. We treat each child as an individual and by ensuring the learning opportunities are challenging and engaging. Our aim is to help each child enjoy education which will enable them to be successful members of the school and wider communities.
Our School is situated in beautiful woodland grounds, in the seaside town of Dawlish. We provide a wide range of opportunities to learn outside and offsite to enhance the education and care of our pupils.
We structure our curriculum around our students identified needs in order to enable them to develop holistically. Alongside academic progress we are committed to supporting our pupils to develop their; life and social skills, confidence and resilience and love of learning to promote their sense of achievement and self-worth. Our ultimate goal is that the young people who leave us are prepared for adulthood; whether that be employment, further education, training, or living as independently as possible contributing positively within their community.
A full induction programme and opportunities for professional development will be provided.
This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken and written aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A copy of our safeguarding policy can be found here: This role falls under KCSIE regulated activities and as such it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relating to children.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check. Please ensure you read and understand our Privacy Notice, which is attached with this pack, before applying. We make appointments in accordance with our Recruitment and Selection Policy.
Interested applicants may contact the school for further information.
Please ensure you complete the Orchard Manor School application form which accompanies this advert.
Applicants are advised that submitting an incorrect or insufficiently completed application form will result in non-selection for interview.
Particular attention should be made to career history since secondary education and referees meeting the required criteria. Please send completed applications to:
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Closing Date: Monday 10th November 2025.