Job Title: Family Engagement Officer Directorate: EducationContract Type: Temporary Post until March 25 (Grant Funded) Hours: Ful.....
Job Title: Family Engagement Officer Directorate: EducationContract Type: Temporary Post until March 25 (Grant Funded) Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week Start Date: 1st May, 2024 [or as soon as possible thereafter] Location of post: Llangatwg Community School Workstyle: Mobile hybrid worker We are seeking to appoint a Family Engagement Worker for the Community Focussed Schools Initiative to start as soon as possible. This is an exciting opportunity to support schools in developing family engagement, community engagement and multi-agency working, through a cluster approach. Effective community focused schools provision reflects the needs of their children, families and communities they serve. This project will focus on Llangatwg Community school and its cluster primaries, finding out the needs of all stakeholders, shaping community-based learning and working with our most hard to reach families. The successful applicant will be based at Llangatwg Community School and will work to provide support to Llangatwg pupil, parents, and the wider family cluster.Main Responsibilities
• Engage with schools, through a cluster approach, to develop a shared understanding of effective parental engagement, sharing research and supporting them to develop their own vision for effective working. • Conduct and participate in regular team meetings and develop effective lines of communication. • Develop strong relationships with children and young people, parents/carers and school staff to understand their views and experiences. Effectively develop and manage these partnerships with all stakeholders throughout the CFS Project. • Assist in developing and delivering training, presentations to all partners in the project on the importance of the impact in engaging effectively with parent to improve pupils’ outcome • Assist in preparing reports to the local steering group on project progress and insight • Work collaboratively with the relevant departments within the Local Authority to share good practice and problem solve issues identified. • To be responsible for the delivery of the parental engagement and child poverty work, this will involve working with local partners, including project management, professional networks and in-service training. • Developing plans to support activities with schools and ensuring that work undertaken generates the learning and evidence required. • To carry out data, research and evaluation tasks to support the generation of the evidence and learning required to fulfil the national change strategy, including responsibility for the high quality implementation of agreed monitoring and evaluation activity. (Professional Learning Networks) • To support influencing for local and national change, and sharing of our learning, including supporting the creation of resources, organising events and developing case studies. You will have experience in/of: • working with parents and children, assisting in their development. • working as a part of team. • organising and promoting events in line with the Council’s norms and practices. • Recent and appropriate experience of enabling families/carers to access support agencies. • Significant experience of managing and supporting staff working with children and families, within the family home and community settings. Ideally you will have 5 GCSEs / 2 A levels / NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline. This is an innovative pilot project that promotes a community focused schools approach to family and community engagement. Would you be interested in using your expertise in working with families within their communities to development effective family engagement? Might you enjoy working within innovative environment that promotes mulita agency working across Neath Port Talbot? Interested? Want to find out more? We are looking for an effective, creative practitioner with a track record in the successfully working with our most vulnerable pupils and their families through multi agency working. Though the role might seem daunting, enthusiasm and professional empathy are the main requirements and this post offers a unique form of professional development. If you think that you have the necessary experience and qualifications for this role, we would love to hear from you. Your workstyle will be a mobile hybrid worker in this role which gives you the flexibility to work from home and from a variety of Council workplaces. Closing date required: 12th April, 2024
This post is subject to an enhanced adult and child DBS disclosure