Job Description

Contract: Full time: 8:30am - 4:30pm and INSET Days

Salary: Spine point 19 - 24

Are you passionate about supporting children and families to thrive? Broomgrove Junior School, a welcoming rural primary school with 230 pupils, is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Family Liaison and Pastoral Lead to join our team.

As our school's Designated Safeguarding Lead, you'll play a crucial role in keeping our pupils safe, while building strong relationships with families and providing much-needed social and emotional support to our children. This is a key role at the heart of our school, helping to nurture a positive, inclusive and supportive environment for every child. You will be at the heart of our pastoral provision, leading on family engagement, safeguarding, and social-emotional support.

The successful candidate will be: the Designated Safeguarding Lead, providing ELSA support to pupils, leading TPP (Trauma Perceptive Practice) and will also be the point of contact between the school and Tendring Families First in relation to referrals. Training can be provided for these areas, if needed.

What we're looking for:

• Someone with experience supporting children and families, ideally in an education setting
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding and pastoral care
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships
• A resilient, flexible, and caring approach
• Experience of supporting pupils with social and emotional interventions
• Experience of identifying need and making referrals to support those needs
• Experience of working with external agencies

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a welcoming school community
• Lead a dedicated team and make a real impact on children's health and happiness
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Supportive leadership team and friendly staff
• Competitive salary on Scale 6
• Recognition of continuous service;
• Automatic enrolment into Local Government Pension Scheme;
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme.

Visits to our school are both positively encouraged and warmly welcomed. Also, you are very welcome to have an informal, confidential discussion with Karen Wright, our headteacher, about this vacancy. Please contact the school on 01206 822893 or email Philippa Welfare, School Business Manager, at pwelfare@broomgrovejuniorschool.co.uk to arrange these. All applications must be made online (via the Essex Jobs website) using the standard Essex application form. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early so recommend that you submit your application at your earliest convenience.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Broomgrove Junior School is committed to inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and we expect all of our staff to share in this. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances. Our aim is to foster a culture of inclusivity that celebrates differences, promotes understanding and ensures no-one is discriminated against in any way. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Information about the School

Our school is located in the beautiful village of Wivenhoe, on the outskirts of Colchester. Our pupils are aged 7-11, ranging from Year 3 to Year 6, and mainly live in the area surrounding the school. At Broomgrove Junior School, we want our children to be happy, confident, articulate and ambitious and to share a passion for learning. We value every child and ensure that we foster the individuality of their interests and experiences. We have recently set up our own in-school enhanced provision for children with moderate and severe learning difficulties and we are proud of our inclusive ethos. We are very proud of the achievements of our pupils and this pride is echoed by the children themselves. We have a team of committed, supportive and friendly staff who strive to ensure that our children reach their full potential within a warm and caring school community.

Our school motto is "Being the best we can be, together!" This underpins all we do. We promote our character virtues and positive attitudes of behaviour towards others through CARE (C = confidence, courage, collaboration; A = ambition; R - resilience; responsibility; E = empathy.)