Family Support Worker

HARRIS FEDERATION; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in London is looking for a Family Support Worker to enhance student attendance and engagement. Responsibilities include maintaining relationships with families, conducting home visits, and identifying attendance issues. Ideal candidates will have strong ICT and organizational skills, alongside excellent communication abilities. A commitment to supporting the welfare of students is essential.

Benefits

Competitive rewards and benefits package

Performance and Loyalty Bonus

Pension Scheme

Wellbeing Cash Plan

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• High quality ICT skills, used to promote effective administration.
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills.
• Ability to gain and maintain credibility with staff.
• Good telephone manner and professional image.
• Excellent listening and sensitivity in complex situations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with families.
• Conduct home visits to provide tailored support.
• Facilitate communication between school and families.
• Identify students with poor attendance and develop improvement plans.
• Monitor attendance data to evaluate intervention effectiveness.

Skills

ICT skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Job description

About Us

Harris Garrard Academy is an all-through 3–18 academy with approximately 1350 pupils on roll and joined the Harris Federation as a sponsored academy in September 2017. The academy is based in Thamesmead in a purpose built building. We are now on a journey towards “Outstanding”, led by highly experienced executive principals with proven track records of school transformation. Our vision is clear: nothing is impossible and everything is possible, irrespective of personal characteristics or background. Every problem has a solution. We believe we are more robust, resilient and determined as a team than as a group of individuals. We support, challenge and hold each other to account at all levels within the academy to ensure that our students achieve their potential, are motivated, engaged and fully prepared for life beyond our academy.

Summary

We are looking for a Family Support worker that can support our Academy, parents and students at Harris Garrard Academy, with a focus on attendance.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with families to support student attendance and engagement
• Conducting home visits to understand family circumstances and provide tailored support
• Facilitating communication between the school and families, ensuring that parents/guardians are informed and involved in their child's education
• Identifying students with poor attendance and working with their families to develop and implement attendance improvement plans
• Monitoring and tracking attendance data to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• High quality ICT skills (and a willingness to undertake training when required), used to promote effective administration, organisation, communication and management
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills, with attention to detail
• The ability to quickly gain and maintain credibility and rapport with managers and staff across the school
• A good telephone manner and professional image
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills which indicate a warm, efficient and hospitable manner to all
• Excellent listening and communication skills and sensitivity in complex situations

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Rewards & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.Before applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact us via e-mail, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. You will need this when completing your application.

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.