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Tiverton High School serves the beautiful and historic market town of Tiverton in mid Devon and is within easy commuting distance to the regional centers of Exeter and Taunton. We can be found just off junction 27 of the M5. We are within easy reach of areas of outstanding national beauty such as the Blackdown Hills, Dartmoor, Exmoor and close to the lovely Devon coastline.
We are hugely proud of the achievement of our students and Tiverton High School is truly at the heart of our community. We believe education should empower young people, giving them the knowledge to make sense of the world and grow into citizens who make a difference.
We are seeking an Early Help Coordinator to work as part of the Year group teams, this role is focused on supporting Heads of Year to work with individual students and their families to:
1. Ensure that students are safeguarded
2. Promote student welfare by providing support to meet their wider health and social and educational needs including close work with parents and carers.
3. Identify and remove where possible any individual barriers to supporting student learning and progression
You will be confident in liaising with external agencies, parents and other stakeholders and be the first point of contact for communication regarding Early Help / Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings. You will be organised and an excellent record keeper as well as able to be flexible with your support to enable our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Heads of Year to work holistically with families.
This contract is for term time plus 1 week for Inset Days. All colleagues will join a lunchtime duty team once a week.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.
If you are willing to go the extra mile and share our ambition to provide an outstanding education to fantastic children, then we would welcome your application.
Safeguarding Statement
Tiverton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any formal offer of employment will be subject to a number of pre-employment checks as part of the School’s Safer Recruitment practice and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. These include ID and Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory references, a satisfactory enhanced DBS check, and a satisfactory 3rd party online & social media search.
Equal Opportunities: Tiverton High School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, disability or age. If you have a disability and require any assistance with the application process, please contact us