School-Based Family Support Specialist

School-Home Support; Watford; On-site; GBP 22,274 - 24,796; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Structured induction programme

Regular supervision

Job summary

School-Home Support is seeking a Family Support Practitioner to join our school-based team in Watford. You will deliver targeted casework to promote attendance and engagement, working closely with school staff to support children and families.

You will engage with parents and carers, provide group and one-to-one support, and apply holistic approaches to remove barriers to learning. The role is term-time only, with inset days, based at Future Academies Watford.

Qualifications

• Experience in an education setting or similar to improve attendance and engagement in learning.
• Engagement with parents/carers, children or individuals through individual and/or group-based support.
• Understanding factors affecting a child’s capacity to learn.
• Experience working with families from diverse communities.
• Experience delivering holistic family support.
• Knowledge of safeguarding processes and referral routes for safeguarding children.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a programme of casework to promote and improve educational outcomes for children and their families.
• Work with school staff to improve attendance, punctuality and engagement in learning.
• Build excellent relationships with parents, carers and pupils to support targeted interventions.

Skills

Education setting experience

Parental engagement

Child learning factors

Diverse families

Holistic family support

Safeguarding processes

Job description

School-Home Support is seeking a Family Support Practitioner to join our school-based team in Watford. You will deliver targeted casework to promote attendance and engagement, working closely with school staff to support children and families.

You will engage with parents and carers, provide group and one-to-one support, and apply holistic approaches to remove barriers to learning. The role is term-time only, with inset days, based at Future Academies Watford.