Family Liaison Officer/designated Safeguarding Lead - Ipswich, United Kingdom - Hillside Primary School

Hillside Primary School
Hillside Primary School
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Ipswich, United Kingdom

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Hillside Primary School

Family Liaison Officer/Designated Safeguarding Lead

Job details

Salary:
ALT Grade F - Point £20,418 - £21,966 Actual


Hours: 37 per week, 39 weeks


Contract type:
Part-time, Fixed Term Initially


Reporting to:
Assistant Headteacher and the Senior DSL


Main purpose
To work closely with parents and carers to help overcome pupils' barriers to learning, whether inside or outside school.

This will involve maintaining regular communication, putting interventions in place, and liaising with relevant staff and professionals to ensure parents and carers are consistently engaged in pupils' development and progress.


Duties and responsibilities

Working with parents and carers
Act as the lead point of contact for the parents/carers of pupils receiving additional support

Maintain regular communication with specific parents/carers and provide personalised support for families through issues as they arise

Put interventions in place to encourage parents/carers' involvement in supporting pupils' development and progress

Keep up to date on the latest services available in the local area so you can promote and signpost parents/carers to these via a range of communication channels (e.g. social media, newsletters, in meetings, etc)

Carry out home visits, where required

Implement and monitor progress of plans, working with parents/carers to make adjustments to support as necessary

Provide personalised support for parents/carers to help manage transition for their child


Working with staff and other professionals
Work with relevant staff to identify and bring onboard pupils and parents/carers that would benefit from personalised support

Develop action plans in consultation with relevant staff and professionals, where necessary

Liaise and build relationships with external agencies and professionals, following up on actions where necessary

Maintain regular communication with relevant staff to update them on progress of individual pupils

Assist with carrying out early help assessments

Assist with developing and reviewing the school's transition programme, contributing insights around the needs of parents/carers and pupils during this process


Record keeping
Maintain accurate records of interventions and relevant meetings

Facilitate the transfer and receipt of relevant pupil information inside and outside the school

Complete relevant paperwork required by external agencies


Safeguarding


The DSL will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.


Managing referrals

  • Refer cases of suspected abuse and neglect to the local authority children's social care
  • Support staff who raise a safeguarding concern
  • Refer cases to the Channel programme where there is a radicalisation concern
  • Refer cases to the police where a crime may have been committed

Working with staff and other agencies

  • Act as a source of support, advice and expertise for all staff
  • Act as a point of contact with the safeguarding partners and making referrals to other agencies such as the wellbeing hub, and school nursing team
  • Inform the assistant headteacher of safeguarding issues, especially ongoing enquiries under section 47 of the Children Act 1989 and police investigations
  • Liaise with staff on matters of safety, safeguarding and welfare (including online and digital safety), and when deciding whether to make a referral by liaising with relevant agencies so that children's needs are considered holistically
  • Liaise with the senior mental health lead and, where available, the mental health support team, where safeguarding concerns are linked to mental health

Managing the child protection file

  • Ensure child protection files are kept up to date
  • Keep information confidential and store it securely
  • Make sure records include: a clear and comprehensive summary of the concern; details of how the concern was followed up and resolved; and a note of any action taken, decisions reached and the outcome
  • Ensure files are only accessed by those who need to see them, and that where a file or content within it is shared, this happens in line with information sharing advice as set out in
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

  • Where children leave the school (including in year transfers):
  • Ensure their child protection file is securely transferred to the new school within 5 days separately from the main pupil file, with a receipt of confirmation, and within the specified time set out in KCSIE
  • Consider whether it would be appropriate to share any additional information with the new school before the child leaves, to help them put appropriate support in place

Training

  • Undergo training (at least every 2 years) to gain the knowledge and skills required to carry out the role and meet the expectations set out in KCSIE, including those outli
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