ASSISTANT FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER

Lancashire County Council; Walton-le-Dale; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

The Governors of St Mary's & St Benedict's Catholic Primary School are seeking an exceptional Assistant Family Support Worker to join the team.

You will assist the Family Support Worker and work in partnership with school colleagues to provide a personalised, whole-family approach to meeting the needs of identified children, young people and families, including direct work with those individuals to overcome barriers to learning.

Qualifications

• Commitment to upholding Catholic ethos and values of the school.
• Friendly, caring approach to working with children and ability to build positive relationships with pupils, staff and parents.
• Dedication and reliability; initiative to work independently and as part of a whole school team.
• Flexibility to adjust plans to individual circumstances.
• Drive to succeed and belief that all children can achieve.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Family Support Worker and work in partnership with school colleagues to provide a personalised, whole family–focussed response to meeting the needs of identified children, young people and families.
• Undertake direct work with children, young people and their families to overcome obstacles to learning.

Skills

Catholic ethos

Friendly approach

Reliability

Initiative

Flexibility

Drive to succeed

Education

Level 3 qualification or equivalent

Job description

Location St Mary's And St Benedict's RC Primary School, Bamber Bridge, Brownedge Lane, Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 6TA (248 on roll)

Tel: [phone]

School website: www.smsb.lancs.sch.uk

Summary The Governors of St Mary's & St Benedict's Catholic Primary School are looking to appoint an exceptional individual into the position of Assistant Family Support Worker.

The successful candidate will assist the Family Support Worker will work in partnership with school colleagues, to provide a personalised, whole family focussed response to meeting the needs of identified children, young people and families. Undertake direct work with children, young people and their families to overcome particular obstacles to learning.

The successful person will have the following:

• a commitment to upholding the Catholic ethos and values of the school


• a friendly, caring approach to working with children and an ability to make positive relationships with pupils, staff and parents


• dedication and reliability -initiative to work on your own and as part of a whole school team


• flexibility to adjust plans to individual circumstances


• a drive to succeed and a belief that all children can achieve

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

This position is part time, term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent. If successful, the salary received will be paid on a pro –rata basis.

Essential Qualifications

• Professional/academic level 3 qualification or equivalent or substantial experience in a relevant technical, specialised or operational field

Desirable Qualifications

• Working at national occupational standards (NOS) for learning, and knowledge / skills equivalent to current national qualifications in learning, development and support services for children, young people and those who care for them at level 3

Essential Experience

• Experience of, or the ability to demonstrate the competence to work directly with individual children, young people and families to identify and assess their needs and make appropriate planned responses to improve outcomes

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working with a wide range of other professionals to develop and deliver shared initiatives for children, young people and families

Equal Opportunities Statement

An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community

Rehabilitation and DBS

Rehabilitation Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

Equality and Disability

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Eligibility to work in the UK

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

Safeguarding Statement

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.