Family Liaison Officer

Shirland Primary School, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 6BH

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  26 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  12 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,719.00 - £31,691.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £13,817.48 - £14,734.34

Family Liaison Officer job summary

Job Specification

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Attendance, family support and Safeguarding;

To support the current Early Help, Pastoral and Attendance structure.

To work with identified link Primary schools to support Early Help work.

To support with Early Help Assessments and Interventions.

To undertake DSL training and/or a commitment to maintain current DSL knowledge.

Attend and contribute to monthly DSL safeguarding meetings.

Support the Headteacher and DSLs by arranging, leading and attending meetings associated with child protection and early help.

Refer, with support from the Lead DSL, cases to social services of suspected abuse.

To support with the caseload of students referred within the school for a variety of reasons. The work includes family consultation and support, liaison with external agencies and partnership working with school and other statutory partners.

Provide ongoing support, advice and guidance to enable key pupils to maintain high attendance and to access an appropriate curriculum.

Monitor the impact and effectiveness of support and act when issues arise.

Work with key disengaged pupils and their families and develop specific interventions to encourage re-engagement.

To provide emotional and practical support to families, working with their teacher and other health and social care professionals to provide early help interventions.

Act on the monitoring of attendance and support action to tackle low attendance including development of initiatives to reduce absence.

Ensure families and carers are kept informed of the individual action plans to support and encourage their active participation in the process.

Provide regular opportunities to monitor the progress of individual children and young people and help empower families and carers to resolve issues they may have.

Work closely with others in the school or external services to set targets, agree action and evaluate outcomes.

Work closely with other local schools within the local cluster.

Attend and participate in pastoral and attendance meetings as required.

Provide relevant reports/analysis in preparation for meetings.

Maintain student files and filing.

Attend home visits to provide ongoing family support.

Work towards fulfilling the academy commitment to a high quality of service and will promote and embody the academy ethos.

General

Attend and participate in staff and working group meetings and training as appropriate.

Adhere to work practices and policies including those relating to Equal Opportunities.

Any other duties requested by the Headteacher.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Shirland Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 175 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Shirland Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shirland-primary-school-alfreton

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