Family Support Worker at Longfleet CE Primary School

Dorset Council; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local primary school is looking for a passionate Family Support Worker to support children and families. The role involves guiding attendance and behavior interventions, promoting wellbeing, and working collaboratively in a supportive environment. Successful candidates will possess excellent communication skills, empathy, and experience in safeguarding. This position offers numerous employment benefits including gym membership and wellbeing services.

Benefits

Gym membership

Wellbeing services

Lifestyle benefits

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and families.
• Ability to support attendance and behavioral interventions.
• Skilled in building strong relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support children and families in the school community.
• Provide guidance and advice to improve outcomes.
• Serve as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leader.

Skills

Passion for helping children and families

Knowledge of safeguarding

Excellent communication skills

Empathy and sensitivity

Resilience

Job description

Overview

Longfleet CE Primary School is a busy and thriving school, with impressive facilities and resources and a supportive Senior Leadership Team. The school is part of the Coastal Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust, a vibrant, collaborative Trust of twenty schools working together around shared goals, values and aspirations. As a Church of England school, the successful candidate would be expected to be a role-model for the school’s distinctively Christian ethos.

The school is seeking to appoint a wonderful Family Support Worker to join our dedicated and friendly staff team. As a Family Support Worker, you will play an essential role in supporting our children and their families across the school community. You will offer early pastoral, attendance, behavioural, EaL and SEND interventions, preventative support, guidance and advice to improve outcomes for children, young people and families within a school context, through working in partnership with pupils, families and other agencies. You will need to be able to work individually and as part of the Inclusion and Safeguarding teams, to support the overall vision and values of the school. You would also be a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leader and be the main point of contact at the school for all matters relating to attendance.

We Are Looking For a Family Support Worker Who

• is passionate about helping children and families thrive
• is knowledgeable and experienced in working with children and families including safeguarding
• is able to build on existing good practice in the school
• demonstrates empathy, sensitivity and resilience
• has a good sense of humour and excellent communication skills

In return for your commitment, we can offer

• the opportunity to work alongside a dedicated, experienced and friendly team
• significant opportunity to build networks with colleagues from across Coastal Learning Partnership and others
• a wide range of employment benefits, which includes gym membership, wellbeing services, lifestyle benefits as well as a cycle to work scheme

Further Information

Please visit the school website for further information about the school at www.longfleet.poole.sch.uk. For more information about the role please contact the Headteacher, Nigel Helm on 01202 673652.

External candidates: Please send a fully completed application form to: [email protected]

Closing date: Midnight, Monday 6 October 2025

Interviews: Monday 13 October 2025

About Us

To comply with our statutory safer recruitment practices and obligations, we are unable to shortlist incomplete applications. Please ensure you include a full employment and education history, details of two referees and explain any gaps in employment. Please note CVs will not be accepted from external candidates.

Coastal Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, Enhanced DBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. CLP will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offense to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

CLP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who meet the person specification will receive equal consideration for employment. We value the fact that our schools are very different, as are our colleagues within them. Our culture is one in which colleagues serve and inspire each other in the spirit of professional generosity; colleagues are empowered to be themselves and to be their best. At CLP, everyone is welcome and encouraged to achieve and be heard.