Main Areas of Responsibility

Summary

Do you have experience within a school environment in a pastoral capacity? Support Harris Academy Beulah Hill in the smooth running of our educational welfare and safeguarding administration. We are looking for a Home Academy Liaison Officer and Safeguarding Administrator to work within our Safeguarding Office.

Next Steps

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.  

Skills

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing educational welfare across the academy.
• Managing a caseload of ‘at risk’ students, where attendance falls below 85% and implement strategies to improve attendance
• Monitoring and improving the attendance of most vulnerable students at the
  academy
• Managing the process of addressing poor attendance
• Ensuring compliance with statutory duties, including reporting persistent and
  severe absenteeism
• Conducting home visits to engage families and address barriers to school
  attendance
• Maintaining accurate attendance records and preparing reports
• Representing the academy at external meetings e.g. Social Services Case
  Conferences, Child in Need Meetings, LAC Reviews
• Liaising with Senior Leadership Team to address attendance or welfare
  concerns
• Communicating effectively with all external agencies including possible
  alternative providers
• Ensuring effective communication/consultation as appropriate with the parents of students
• Leading on legal interventions for non-attendance where necessary
• Being a part of the safeguarding team as DDSL
• Providing overall administration support to the Safeguarding Team
• Monitoring and interrogating CPOMS
• Attending safeguarding meeting under the direction of the DSL
• Coordinating CLA students and ensure they are effectively supported
• Working with the DSL on actively keeping the safeguarding register up to date
• General administrative duties
• Preparing of reports and maintaining records relating to student referrals and
  subsequent counselling or support
• Providing support to the attendance team when required and supporting with
  cover in the event of absence of the Attendance Officer
• Providing administrative support to coordinate internal seclusion

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Three years’ experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment in a pastoral capacity
• Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
• Experience of dealing successfully with a range of issues influencing poor attendance
• Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent standards of attendance and punctuality are maintained
• Experience of working with families
• Experience of working with challenging students and parents, and finding ways in which we can meet their needs more successfully
• Ability to build and sustain professional standards, relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Benefits

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.