Family Support Worker ( Goldenhill Primary Academy)

Family Support Worker – 30 hours per week – Term Time only

Goldenhill Primary Academy (Part of The Societas Trust) is looking for an enthusiastic Family Support Worker to join our hard working and committed team. We seek a highly skilled and well‑motivated practitioner to deliver family support and help further pupil wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the pastoral team to deliver provision around focused family support.
• Develop the social, emotional and health development of pupils and their families.
• Give targeted individual support to families and carers.
• Provide advice and signpost families to enable them to access universal and targeted services.
• Support and promote safeguarding of children as part of the safeguarding team.
• Work closely with the attendance team to improve pupil attendance and punctuality, providing targeted support for families facing challenges such as persistent absence cases.
• Work proactively with parents and carers to identify and remove barriers to attendance and engagement with school.
• Contribute to attendance action plans and multi‑agency strategies to improve outcomes for pupils.
• Liaise effectively with the Education Welfare Officer and Local Authority attendance services to support attendance and safeguarding procedures.

Job Purpose

• Work preventatively with identified families to support early intervention by signposting support and guidance in times of change and stress.
• Work directly with children and families – individually and in groups – to provide practical support, advice and guidance around a range of issues.
• Support children at risk of exclusion from school by supporting them and their families.
• Work closely with the attendance team to improve pupil attendance and punctuality, providing targeted support for families facing challenges.
• Work with other educational providers to support effective transition for vulnerable children and families.
• Liaise with relevant agencies to improve swift and easy access to statutory and voluntary services.

Benefits

• A whole school community committed to continual improvement.
• Happy, enthusiastic children who enjoy school.
• A supportive and hardworking environment where everyone is valued.
• Excellent CPD opportunities.
• Candidates should state their curriculum strengths in their application.

Goldenhill Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates are vetted thoroughly and appointments are subject to identity checks, DBS clearance, online checks and the production of satisfactory references. Candidates will be asked about their commitment to safeguarding children at interview.

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