Tiverton High School, located in the historic market town of Tiverton in mid Devon, is easily accessible from Exeter and Taunton via junction 27 of the M5. Surrounded by areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the Blackdown Hills, Dartmoor, Exmoor, and close to the Devon coastline, our school is proud of our students' achievements and our role within the community.
Job Title: Early Help Coordinator
We are seeking an Early Help Coordinator to work as part of the Year group teams. This role focuses on supporting Heads of Year in working 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, 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.
The successful candidate will be confident in liaising with external agencies, parents, and other stakeholders. They will be the first point of contact for communication regarding Early Help / Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings. The role requires excellent organizational skills, record-keeping, and flexibility to support our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Heads of Year in working holistically with families.
This contract is for term time plus one week for Inset Days. All colleagues will participate in a lunchtime duty team once a week.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this position.
If you are willing to go the extra mile and share our ambition to provide outstanding education to our students, we welcome your application.
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