Vacancy Details

Description

Community Focused Schools Family Engagement Officer

18.5 hours per week

Grade 06 £26,421 - £27,803 pro rata

This is a Temporary / fixed term contract or secondment.

End date - 31/07/2025

Schools and Office based

Internal Only

An enhanced DBS & EWC registration is required for this position.   

Car driver essential for the post as the successful applicant may need to transport children, young people and families – business insurance will be needed

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of a new project called Community Focused Schools that will operate across two Secondary Schools in Wrexham.  The role of Community Focused Schools Family Engagement Officer will be to form, develop and maintain professional relationships with parents/carers, children and young people through direct work, advice and guidance and to work with families supporting them and building their engagement with their child’s learning.  Also working in partnership with the school and its cluster and with a range of wider service partners to build positive relationships with families whose children attend the school, to ensure that children, particularly the most disadvantaged, have full access to educational opportunities and overcome barriers to learning and participation

The Council welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, religious belief or age.

The Council is committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.