£28,624 - £34,314 + excellent benefits
Those Huge Small Victories
For children with complex, challenging needs, the level of care and education must go above and beyond. That’s what drives us, here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we’re proud to have won a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings.
There’s a certain kind of person who can build bridges between families in challenging circumstances, the carers working with them and local authorities. As Family Liaison Officer at Witherslack Group, your experience and passion for the role will bring about enhanced life opportunities for families all across the region. Our aspirational homes, schools and ethos help us achieve the best possible outcomes. Our Family Liaison Officers are a huge part of making sure our children and young people’s needs are fully recognised and comprehensively met.
Get out what you put in
This is your chance to make a lasting, positive impact on the lives of families experiencing educational (and potentially other) difficulties. Supported by a brilliant and dedicated team, you’ll work closely with parents, young people, carers and the local authority to explore the circumstances and see how collaborative, effective, life-changing resolutions can be agreed and put into place. It will also be up to you to coordinate visits to see parents, where you’ll talk at length and work out strategies for coping with whatever life throws at them. Then you’ll draw on your broad knowledge of local resources to help direct them to all the additional support they might need. Not to mention organising and taking part in admission interviews in partnership with the Head Teacher and making sure full and detailed inductions are given.
One of the best environments in SEND
Oversands School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education, based in Witherslack, Cumbria. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with a range of complex learning needs, social and emotional difficulties and challenging behaviours. “Here we know every pupil, their story, how we can help and importantly how they can succeed.” This statement is brought to life through a dedicated lower school designed with input from the pupils; an upper school that offers a broad and impressive range of subjects; and a vocational and post-16 provision that delivers extensive courses and opportunities led by experts in their field.
What we do for you
We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us, you’ll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get: Training : A full induction and on the job training
Holiday:
You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 35 days holiday including bank holidays
Progression:
If career development is your thing, most of our head teachers and leaders have been promoted from within our group
Flexible benefits:
meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits here
Wellbeing:
a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
Medical cover
so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
Beautiful working environments
with the very best facilities – check out our schools here
A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £2,000 bonus every time
Contributory pension scheme
– matched up to 5%
Bring your whole-self to work Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves.
You’ll be more than a Family Liaison Officer, it’s a truly special type of person that will thrive here, who has; Previous experience with SEN and with working with families in challenging circumstances and expertise to support and resolve difficulties
Strong contacts within the local authority, including education, social services and healthcare professionals
Experience of multi-agency work with an understanding of legislation, policies and guidance around safeguarding and child protection
Genuine passion for wanting to enhance the life opportunities for our young people and their families and the ability to be empathetic and understanding
Interested in joining us?
Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.
The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.
For a full job description and person specification, please click here.
To view our ex-offenders policy please click here.
To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.