Pastoral and Welfare Liaison Officer

LIPA School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 7BT

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  13 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Term Time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Actual Salary: £28,617.76-£30,220.78
• Pay scale: NJC 23-25 (£33,366- £35,235 FTE)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a Pastoral and Welfare Liaison Officer to join our team on afull-time, permanent basis. You will work closely with our families to support them withchallenges that they may be facing both inside and outside of school. You will act withpersistence, confidence and creativity in order to engage our families to work with us ina collaborative and supportive way. This will include coordinating and deliveringtargeted tiered interventions, carry out preventive education and working closely with awide range of external agencies such as Children’s Services and the Local Authority.

You will also work collaboratively with the Designated Safeguarding Lead to plan,deliver and review projects that improve outcomes for vulnerable students.

You must have good communication and listening skills, strong organisational skills andthe ability to adapt well to different situations and scenarios.

An NVQ Level 3 qualification in supporting teaching and learning and a Level 2 inEnglish and Mathematics is essential. You must also have a minimum of three years’experience of working with children and experience of supporting pupils and families inchallenging circumstances.

What the school offers its staff

In return we offer a salary commensurate with experience, generous pension, and holiday entitlement and friendly working environment.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr-enquiries@lipaprimary.org

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Job Description Pastoral and Welfare Liaison Officer May 2025.pdf - 158 KB (opens in new tab)

Advert-Pastoral and Welfare Liaison Officer.pdf - 127 KB (opens in new tab)

Application Form Mat Non Teaching.doc - 166 KB (opens in new tab)

About LIPA School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 16
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 544 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: LIPA School website
• Email address: hr-enquiries@lipaprimary.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lipa-primary-and-high-school

Based in the centre of Liverpool, our school, sponsored by The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, opened in September 2014.

We are an all-through school that provides children with a broad and balanced curriculum and have a particular focus on the creative and performing arts. We currently have 585 children from Reception to Year 10. In September 2025, the school will be at capacity with Reception to Year 11.

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