Family Liaison Officer

The Role

Pay/Salary Range: N7 SCP 25- 29 £33,945 - £37,336 FTE (( £29,147 - £32,059 actual salary) £17.59- £19.35 per hour)

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, term time + 5 training days + 5 additional days

Required as soon as possible, a Family Support Worker with an interest in working with pupils with SEMH and challenging behaviours. 

Our Family Support Worker will have experience of being part of a team that works with children and young people and their families, (ideally children with additional needs). Administration and office experience would also be valuable, together with outstanding interpersonal skills and a positive, solution focused attitude. An empathetic but proactive approach is essential, and you must be ready to take the lead and use your initiative. As the role may require some travel across the city, a full UK driving licence will be beneficial. 

The successful candidate will support students and families with complex needs where a range of factors are contributing to poor attendance at school and indicating that students are at risk of poor outcomes. You will be responsible for promoting positive partnerships between home, school and our wider community.

Mary Astell Academy is an alternative provision academy established in September 2018. Based in the West End of Newcastle, the academy works with young people aged 11 to 16 who have been permanently excluded from mainstream education. We provide access to a full-time, broad and balanced education appropriate to pupils’ potential and educational needs and encourage their reintegration back into a mainstream school setting wherever possible.

Our young people are also able to access a wide range of therapeutic interventions to support them in recognising and understanding triggers for their behaviours and explore strategies that support them in dealing with these. We recognise that ACEs and traumatic experiences have often impacted upon the lives of our young people and that for many of them not only have they survived but have shown great strength in doing so. At Mary Astell we seek to restore them and help individuals return to a path towards happy and fulfilling adult lives.

To learn more about Mary Astell Academy and Prosper Learning Trust, please visit the websites.

Prosper Learning Trust was established in January 2018 with Newcastle Bridges School and Mary Astell Academy. Thomas Bewick School joined in 2019, Harry Watts opened in September 2020 and Gilbert Ward Academy opened in September 2023. We are striving to further build collaboration across the schools and grow as a Multi Academy Trust, whilst continuing to strengthen our relationships with schools outside the MAT for the benefit of our pupils.

The successful candidate will be deployed initially at Mary Astell Academy but will be expected to work at any Prosper Learning Trust site should the need arise.

The Trust is proud to say that we match the Real Living Wage and we also offer successful candidates:

• A friendly and supportive team of staff who are willing to share expertise and learn from one another
• Opportunities for career development and support with development through Trust wide CPD programmes
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and support from the Trust's Wellbeing Network Group
• Access to either Teacher's Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme

Full details can be found on our website.

Please note that all successful candidates will be required to complete an online pre-employment medical questionnaire.

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