Family Support Worker- Grove School

Grove School; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Grove School in Birmingham is seeking a Family Support Worker to help improve attendance and support our school community. The role starts from December 2026, with informal visits arranged for 13th October 2026 to meet senior leaders and pupils.

The school is a 3-form-entry mixed primary for ages 3-11 with 543 pupils. Applicants must undergo full pre-employment checks including Enhanced DBS and right to work.

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding and welfare of children.
• Experience working in school settings preferred.
• Ability to work with families and staff to improve attendance.

Responsibilities

• Support attendance improvement initiatives within Grove School.
• Engage with pupils, parents and staff during visits and interviews.
• Coordinate with senior leaders on safeguarding and welfare procedures.

Job description

The school was inspected in October 2023. Grove continues to be a good school. Grove School is a 3 form-entry mixed primary school for pupils aged 3 - 11 years, which currently has 543 pupils on roll. It is a multicultural school in an area of high deprivation. Our parents, staff and governors are ambitious for our pupils. The school community works to help every pupil achieve their very best. On entering Grove, you will feel the warmth and pride that we all have in our school.

The senior leadership are looking to appoint a passionate and dedicated Family Support Worker with a desire to support the school in improving attendance.

The successful candidate will be expected to take up the appointment from December 2026.

Informal visits are on Thursday 13th October 2026at 9.00am or 2.30pm.

You will be able to meet with senior leaders and pupils during your informal visit.

Grove School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks.

The pre-employment checks include: Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable) medical fitness; identity, Birth Certificate and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and the amendments to the Exemption Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Hours: 36.5,Monday – Friday 8.15am-4.15pm,Wednesday – 8.15am- 4.30pm

Grade:Grade B, SCP 12-23 £28,598 - £34,434 Per annum, £24,488- £30,173 Pro Rata

Location:Dawson Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9HB

Closing Date: Friday 2nd October 2026 at 12pm.

Shortlisting: Friday 16th October 2026

Interviews: Thursday 22nd October 2026