Parent Support Advisor

High View School, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 6JQ

10 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £21,233.00 - £23,496.00 Annually (Actual) Grade D. 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Parent Support Advisor job summary

High View School are looking to appoint a Parent Support Advisor to support parents and families within our school community so that children can thrive and achieve to the best of their ability.

This is a varied role, working as part of the Safeguarding Team to ensure that pupils are kept safe, liaising with outside agencies and staff across school. This is a new position in the school and will give the successful Parent Support Advisor the opportunity to shape the role with support from the senior leadership team.

Responsibilities of the Parent Support Advisor will include:

Promote and further develop parental engagements with the school
Work with individual children or small groups for the purpose of nurture work
Lead multi agency meetings such as EHATs on behalf of the school
Work alongside the Designated Safeguarding Lead, as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, to ensure pupil safeguarding needs are being met
Work with families to develop parenting skills and promote children’s wellbeing, emotional and social development

Parent Support Advisor candidates should have:

Knowledge and experience of local and national safeguarding and child protection procedures
Experience of working with primary age children and outside agencies
GCSEs in Maths and English Grade C/4 or above
Excellent communication skills to establish contact and build relationships with parents, carers and families
Ability to prioritise, manage demanding workloads and meet strict deadlines

More information can be found in the attached recruitment pack.

About the School

High View School is an outstanding primary school (Ofsted, November 2023), which is highly-regarded on a national scale and at the heart of our local community. We are a 1.5 form entry school, with around 350 pupils (which includes our dedicated nursery provision), and we benefit from working in a first-class learning environment, including a purpose-built school building and a range of exceptional outside play and learning environments.

At High View School, we work together to ensure that learning is ambitious and relevant, with an ethos rooted in mutual respect, kindness and tolerance. We want our staff and pupils to come to school with a positive attitude, where they are kind to one another, eager to learn and have pride and aspirations around what they can accomplish as individuals and as a community, both academically and socially, as we truly believe that good beginnings never end! With this in mind, our curriculum is outstanding, as is our ongoing continuous professional development for all staff.

Staff, pupils and parents are proud to be part of the High View School family and our continued commitment and collaboration for growth, alongside successful engagement with our wider community stakeholders, enable us to achieve standards of which we continue to be incredibly proud of.

About the Trust

The Learning Academies Trust is a family of 18 schools across Plymouth and surrounding areas, dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust’s mission is:

Together we will… work with our children, families, and communities to provide exceptional learning opportunities for all our children

As part of the trust, we will support you to learn and develop, providing outstanding CPD and opportunities for collaboration between schools within the trust sharing resources, expertise and knowledge.

Further information about the position, the trust and the benefits we offer can be found in the attached recruitment pack.

To request a tour of the school or to discuss the role in anyway please contact the school on the number below.

If you believe you can demonstrate the dedication, skills and passion required, we look forward to receiving your application. If there are no vacancies currently, but you would like to register your interest for future vacancies, please join our talent pool and we will be in touch as soon as we have a suitable position.

With 18 individual primary schools, the Learning Academies Trust is the largest primary school trust in Plymouth and the first education employer in Plymouth to achieve the Livewell Southwest Wellbeing at Work Bronze Award. The Trust is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all staff and is proud to work closely with official bodies to ensure we have a holistic approach to staff wellbeing.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.

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.