Family Support Worker

St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust; Liverpool; Híbrido; GBP 25.000 - 32.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust is seeking a dedicated Family Support Worker to support pupils and their families across academies. You will collaborate with staff and external services to identify barriers to attendance and wellbeing, putting the child at the center of your work.

You will work with schools to improve attendance, support reintegration after disruptions, and promote inclusive practice.

Formación

• Experience working with children and vulnerable families.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with families while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Strong communication and record-keeping to support attendance and safeguarding.

Responsabilidades

• Support schools and families to improve attendance, especially where persistent absence exists.
• Coordinate attendance-focused work with school leaders and partners to identify barriers and review progress.
• Develop, implement and review attendance action plans and reintegration following disruptions.
• Promote inclusive education and life chances by engaging children and families with educational provision.
• Contribute to strategies that reduce suspension, exclusion and disengagement from education.
• Support SEND/INE with appropriate services and advocates for reasonable adjustments.

Conocimientos

Experience with children and families

Relationship building

Communication skills

Caseload management

Safeguarding knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Weare seeking a positive, enthusiastic and compassionate Family Support Workerwho shares our commitment to transforming children’s lives through aworld-class education.

Working in partnership with ouracademies, you will support children and families when attendance, punctualityor wider family circumstances are affecting a pupil’s education and wellbeing.You will put the child at the centre of your work, build trusting relationshipswith families and work alongside academy staff and external services toidentify barriers, agree practical support and help pupils engage successfullywith school.

You will contribute to improvedoutcomes for pupils who are persistently or severely absent by providing earlyhelp, targeted family support and effective challenge where appropriate. Therole reports to the Head of Safeguarding, Attendance, Behaviour and Culture,forms part of the Trust Central Team and requires regular travel between Trustacademies. We welcome conversations about flexible working arrangements.

Responsibilities andAccountabilities:

Attendance, Behaviour andInclusion

• Support schools and families to improve attendance, particularly for children who are persistently absent, severely absent or at risk of becoming persistently absent
• Coordinate attendance-focusedwork with school leaders, attendance teams and relevant partners to identifybarriers, agree responsibilities and review progress.
• Support the development,implementation and review of attendance action plans for children and families.
• Assist in reintegration planning following suspension, periods of absence, alternative provision placements orother significant educational disruption.
• Promote positive engagement ineducation, supporting children and young people to access their fulleducational entitlement and improve life chances.
• Contribute to strategies whichreduce the risk of suspension, exclusion and disengagement from education.

SEND and Inclusion

• Support children and familieswith identified or emerging special educational needs and disabilities toaccess appropriate support and services.
• Work collaboratively withSENDCOs, educational psychologists, health professionals and other agencies to improve outcomes for children with additional needs.
• Promote inclusive practice and advocate for reasonable adjustments that support children's educational, socialand emotional development.
• Develop an understanding of theSEND Code of Practice and the graduated approach to meeting children's needs.
• Support families to engagepositively with statutory assessment, Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)processes and review arrangements where appropriate.

Outcome Monitoring andImpact Evaluation

• Measure and evaluate theeffectiveness of interventions through the use of outcome-based planning andreview processes.
• Maintain evidence of progressand impact against agreed objectives and statutory reporting requirements.
• Analyse information relating toattendance, safeguarding, educational engagement, wellbeing and familyfunctioning to inform decision-making.
• Contribute to quality assuranceactivities, audits and service evaluations to ensure continuous improvement.
• Produce timely, evidence-based reports that show progress against agreed objectives, demonstrate the impact ofinterventions and meet statutory and Trust reporting requirements.

Lone Working and HomeVisits

• Undertake home visits andcommunity-based work in accordance with Trust lone-working procedures and riskmanagement protocols.
• Complete dynamic riskassessments before and during visits and take appropriate action to safeguardself and others.
• Report incidents, concerns oremerging risks promptly through agreed procedures.
• Work flexibly and safely across family homes,schools and community venues, following agreed lone-working and check-inarrangements.

View the key responsibilitiesand accountabilities for this role on the SAM People listing (link below).

Who are we looking for?

1. 1. Are you passionate abouthelping children and families overcome barriers to education?
2. 2. Do you have experienceofworking directly with children, young people and vulnerable families?
3. 3. Can you build trusting, respectful relationships while maintaining clear professional boundaries?
4. 4. Are you confident inidentifying needs, agreeing support plans and reviewing progress with familiesand professionals?
5. 5. Can you work sensitively andpersistently with families where attendance, punctuality or engagement is aconcern?
6. 6. Do you understandsafeguarding responsibilities and know when and how to elevate concerns?
7. 7. Are you an effectivecommunicator who can organise a varied caseload, keep accurate records and workboth independently and as part of a team?

View the full personspecification on the SAM People listing (link below).