Family Support Worker

Teaching Vacancies; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary school in the UK is seeking an experienced Family Support Worker to join their dedicated team. The successful candidate will work closely with families to implement support interventions, lead meetings, and ensure children achieve their best potential. Applicants need a Level 3 qualification in childcare and experience in family support. The role offers a salary range of £14,873 – £16,134 and promotes a caring, inclusive environment.

Benefits

Good pension scheme

Discounted gym membership

Free on-site parking

Subsidised meals

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Proven impact in supporting families.
• Experience liaising with child support agencies.
• Ability to converse fluently in English.

Responsibilities

• Implement interventions supporting families and students.
• Lead early help meetings and conduct home visits.
• Liaise with external agencies for family support.

Skills

Experience in working with families

Understanding of safeguarding policies

Positive communication skills

Full, clean driving license

Education

Level 3 qualification in childcare/education

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Principal: Mrs R Lee | Required: As Soon As Possible | Family Support Worker | 22 Hours Per Week | Level 6 | Term Time | Actual Salary (£14,873 – £16,134)

The Governors of Sneyd Academy are offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, Family Support Worker to join our friendly and professional team. Sneyd Academy is a caring, inclusive and supportive academy. The needs of our children are at the heart of everything we do. They are bright, lively and enjoy coming to the Academy. We are on a positive journey and are proud of the rapid improvements we have made. If you wish to join our good academy, then please come and see for yourself.

Sneyd Academy are looking for a positive, proactive, empowering individual who will contribute to the Academy’s safeguarding and welfare team. The post holder will implement interventions that will support families and students to achieve their potential. This will include leading early help meetings, carrying out home visits and liaising with external agencies to ensure families have access to the support available.

You will have experience of working with families and demonstrating a positive impact, a Level 3 qualification in childcare/education, a good understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures and will have relevant experience of working with a variety of child support agencies. The post holder will need to have a full, clean driving licence and access to a car.

The successful candidate will have the strongest commitment and passion to continue to drive the success of the Academy forward, be a very motivated team player in a highly effective staffing team, be able to demonstrate exemplary primary classroom practice and expect excellence from our children, be a team player and be a strong advocate for change and champion Academy improvement.

The ability to converse at ease with members of the public, including staff and students in accurate spoken English is essential for the post, therefore postholders must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English.

Our academy is a large and diverse primary academy with happy children and staff and an exciting curriculum. We ensure that children are shown compassion, understanding and care whilst also providing the very best teaching possible. Everything we do is centred on the children and what would benefit each and every individual. As a result, our children enjoy learning and make good progress academically, but also socially, morally and spiritually.

To create this environment, we need the very best people, who we will support to be outstanding practitioners. Do you want to be a part of this success? If you do, we would love to receive your application.

Our Purpose

Sneyd Academy is committed to “Inspiring children to achieve excellence and be their best.” And we achieve this by following our values:
Respect • Resilience • Friendship • Positivity • Pride

Why Sneyd?

Sneyd Academy is a large inclusive primary academy in the Burslem area of Stoke-on-Trent. It is one of the largest primary academies in the area and has pupils from nursery to year six. The academy dates back to 1901 and whilst it has many modern features, it retains a strong history and pupils benefit from a good Edwardian building. The academy has recently benefited from a significant investment in digital infrastructure. We are fortunate to have large areas of green space and this has been complimented with the recent addition of an outdoor learning space.

Staff at Sneyd Academy have the highest of expectations for ourselves, for each other, and for our children. This begins with children feeling safe, secure and happy and we pride ourselves on the environment that we create to allow our children to flourish. We foster a love of learning that should stay with children for the rest of their lives.

The Academy is part of the Alpha Academies Trust which is located in Stoke-on-Trent and consists of two Secondary Schools, four Primary Schools and a Central Team. Alpha Academies Trust has been established to create a network of primary and secondary academies in North Staffordshire. Our purpose is to deliver a first‑class education for every child and overcome inequality. This means that we recruit outstanding staff and make their professional development a number one priority.

What the school offers its staff

The Benefits of Working for Our Trust

The Trust offers a benefits package which includes a good pension scheme with a current employer contribution of 24.2%, discounted gym membership for on‑site gyms and a 25% discount at Nuffield Health Stoke Fitness & Wellbeing Gym, free on‑site parking, subsidised meals and a Cyclescheme. We also offer an Employee Assistance Programme through Care first including counselling services to ensure that our staff are looked after and supported.

Alpha Academies are committed to staff development, and all staff are encouraged to be members of the Chartered College of Teaching. This is financed by the Trust and colleagues are encouraged to access their resources and embark upon their qualifications.

For all successful applicants the Alpha Academies Trust will support with the option to further your career by progressing or swapping to become an associate teacher on the appropriate pathway to teaching. This can be discussed at interview or at any time during your employment with Alpha.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.