GLC: Family Advocate

The Role

Family Advocate

Salary: GLC Point 12 - 16 £24,173 - £26,569 FTE [ Actual £23,103 - £25,393]

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, Term time plus 4 weeks holiday working [Working weeks 43/Paid Weeks 49.7]

Closing Date: 21 November 2024 at Midday

The Gateway Learning Community [GLC] is a partnership between one secondary and four primary schools located within Tilbury and Chadwell in the borough of Thurrock to the east of London.

We are a vibrant, innovative and highly successful organisation: the place of choice to work and learn. Across the 5 academies of the GLC, we pledge that everyone enjoys an equality of opportunity. We work tirelessly to ensure that individual different characteristics including age, ethnicity, socio-economic background, academic ability, disability, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation are not discriminated against in any way. We create environments characterised by mutual respect where difference is celebrated and where individual differences don't act as a barrier to success.

We are seeking to appoint a Family Advocate to work in partnership to identify and support targeted families, providing practical advice, emotional support, encouragement and challenge that has a positive impact on their child's ability to access education.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the skills and attributes involved in providing effective support for parents, children and young people.

Watch our video for an insight in to our trust https://youtu.be/y9TxAPxuYN0

Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC:

• Staff well-being programme: Including access to Perkbox and Westfield Health Insurance
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Electric Car Scheme and Cycle to work Scheme
• Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and years of service
• State of the art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning
• A paid 'My Day' each year
• Excellent career development and training
• 2-week October half term break
• A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching
• Paid opportunities to teach during school holiday clubs
• Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff

We warmly welcome applicants who are interested in this position to arrange a visit prior to making an application. Please contact Katie.Creighton@theglc.org.uk to arrange a visit.

If you would like to apply for this position, please send go to the 'Apply Now' option. Applications will be considered as they are received, so early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview early applicants should a suitable candidate apply.