Family Liaison Officer

Job description

- Churchill Special School: - Address: Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 0LB - Salary: £27,254 - £29,540 pro rata (£23,299 - £25,254 per annum) - Hours: Full time, 37.83 hours per week, 38 weeks per year - Contract: Permanent, required from June 2026 - Reference: 8753 Churchill Special School are seeking a Family Liaison Officer who is tenacious and shows attention to detail, to support the school in ensuring pupils and families recognise the importance of 100% attendance as a key factor in securing academic success. As a Family Liaison Officer, you will provide strategic, supportive intervention with pupils and families who have emerging attendance issues. You will also establish and foster positive relationships with children and their families and provide on-going support. You will: - work with the senior staff on analysing attendance and punctuality trends - liaise with the Senior Leadership Team and Family Liaison Officer exploring factors which may be impacting on a pupil's attendance - meet with pupils and parents to establish the reasons for non-attendance or poor punctuality and agree a plan to tackle the issues - establish rapport and build respectful, honest, challe...