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Community Link worker

Job Introduction

Job description

Role: Community Link Worker

Accountable to: Assistant Headteacher, SENDCO and Headteacher

Grade: Grade 6

Objective:

The aim is to engage the community through groups such as ‘Stay and Play’ and use the groups to identify vulnerable children and families as early as possible. They will also work alongside the SENDCO to run the settings Home Hub to support children in communication and language.

Main areas of responsibility:

To offer support to parents/carers/families, this could be in the home hub, in school, in community groups or by telephone

To identify young people’s issues and family difficulties that impact on school attendance and learning, to support schools in planning effectively for individual young people

To work with the SENCO to signpost young people where appropriate when issues at home are affecting or are likely to affect their attendance and learning at school

Give particular attention to pupils transitioning into nursery and from nursery to primary school and provide support to children/families as appropriate

To build bridges and promote closer collaboration between families and school

To promote awareness of support available to families within the local community, schools and other agencies

To provide feedback both verbal and written on their work for evaluation and monitoring purposes.

To undertake any reasonable tasks, as directed by the Headteacher and SENDCO

The duties of the post may vary from time to time without changing the general character or the level of responsibility.

Person Specification

Role: Community Link Worker

Person Specification.

	Essential	Desirable
Qualifications and Experience	Relevant level 3 Qualification Successful experience of caring for children from 2 years to 5 years Knowledge of safeguarding procedures	A positive approach to gaining further qualifications Paediatric First Aid Certificate
Knowledge and Understanding	Knowledge of the Early Learning Goals and the Foundation Stage Curriculum An understanding of child development Knowledge of how to support children’s learning and next steps Knowledge of how to support a child with special educational needs	How to support a child with EAL
Skills	Good organisational skills The ability to observe, plan and assess children Good communication skills Skilled at getting the best from others	Experience of working in the community
Personal Characteristics	Effective communicator Enthusiasm for Early Years Innovative Good sense of humour

We plan to interview for this role the week beginning 13th October however if we have any suitable applicants we reserve the right to interview early.

Safer Recruitment

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.