SHS Send Specialist Family Support Practitioner

School-Home Support; Tottenham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Tottenham seeks a SEND Family Support Worker to enhance educational outcomes for children and their families. This role involves collaborating with schools and providing essential support to improve attendance and engagement. Candidates should have experience with SEND children and strong communication skills. This position offers benefits like life assurance and pension scheme.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Secure parking on site

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build relationships with children, families, and staff.
• Experience working with SEND children and families.
• Familiarity with social and emotional factors affecting children's learning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver casework to promote educational outcomes for children.
• Support families to improve attendance and engagement in learning.
• Work closely with educational institutions to maximize support effectiveness.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication

Support through EHCP process

Engagement with SEND parents

Experience with diverse communities

Job description

We are looking for a SEND Family Support Worker to join our team and to make a difference in children's lives every single day. As the SEND Family Support Worker, you will work in close partnership with Earlsmead Primary School to deliver a programme of casework to promote and improve educational outcomes for the children and their families we support. You will also focus your support to help improve attendance, punctuality and engagement in learning.

You will have excellent relationship building and communications skills with a proven ability to communicate with a wide group of people. This is an exciting role and vital to our success in achieving our goals. You'll have previous experience of:

Experience

• Supporting people through the EHCP's process
• Working with SEND children and families
• Working and engaging with SEND parents, carers or guardians, children or individuals through individual and/or group-based support
• Working in an educational or outreach environment
• Working effectively with social and emotional factors affecting a child's capacity to learn
• Working with families from diverse communities

We are committed to maximising staff wellbeing and creating an inclusive, safe environment where everyone feels comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. To find out more about our current initiatives and offerings, please view our EDI & Wellbeing initiatives document which you can find here.

School-Home Support takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances. All roles at SHS are subject to a DBS Check.

Benefits

• Employee assistance programme
• Life assurance
• Pension scheme

The school is able to offer secure, free parking on site and an individual office.