Woodeaton Manor School        

“Reducing Barriers to Expand Horizons”

·          Application Closing Date: 9am on Monday 14th Oct (unless a suitable candidate has been appointed prior to this date)

·          Interview Date: Wednesday 16th Oct

·          Start Date: As soon as possible

·          Contract/Hours: Up to 30 hours per week, Part time, permanent, term time only plus 5 inset days.

·          Salary Details: Grade 9

·          Location of Role: On site

·          Contact Email Address: recruitment@woodeaton.oxon.sch.uk

·          Reporting to: Deputy Headteacher (Lead DSL)

Home School Liaison Worker

Job overview

Woodeaton Manor is a Special School catering for pupils with Social Emotional and Mental Health Needs. We are a small school with 80 pupils, located in a Georgian Manor House, 5 miles outside of Oxford City in beautiful Oxfordshire countryside

The Home School Liaison Worker (HSLW) is a new role for Woodeaton Manor School. We recognise the great importance of effective communication between home and school and are keen to ensure that the relationships the school has with families is productive and supportive. The HSLW will be at the forefront of building and maintaining these relationships.

The HSLW will work collaboratively with families, children, and the school to provide early intervention, signposting, support and guidance. They will have strong links to other professionals and outside agencies and form positive working relationships with families to enable effective support for pupils and their families.

The successful candidate will have

·        Experience of working with children.

·        Pastoral experience / safeguarding experience

·        SEN / SEMH experience

·        Excellent communication skills

·        Ability to work with outside agencies & signpost concerns

·        Confident, personable, and determined in nature

·        Effective behaviour management skills

·        A background in education / safeguarding / social work

·        De-escalation strategies and techniques

·        Some experience of safeguarding protocols

We can offer:

• A friendly work environment and a supportive leadership team.
• A team dedicated to making a difference to pupils who need it most.
• Employee Assistant Programme.
• Continuous CPD opportunities.

This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who wants to join a high performing school and gain significant experience to further enhance their career. 

Main purpose

To work collaboratively with families, children, and the school to provide early intervention, signposting, support and guidance, the Home School Link Worker will need to have strong links to other professionals and outside agencies and form positive working relationships with families to enable effective support for pupils and their families

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