Student and Family Support Worker
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required to start as soon as possible, Eckington School are looking for a Student and Family Support worker to join our Pastoral team.
This post holder will have experience of working with school age children, knowledge of Early Help and also the ability to develop good relations with a range of age groups of people. The core aim is to become part of the school community working with families and students to support their engagement and wellbeing in school and at home.
Benefits include:
- CPD support from one of the largest Teaching Schools, the Sheffield Teaching School Alliance, throughout your career.
- Opportunities to develop skills and experience as part of a growing, local Trust.
There will be no need to go elsewhere – your career will flourish with us.
What the school offers its staff
Eckington School is an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in north-east Derbyshire with more than 1200 students on roll, including the school’s Sixth Form.
Eckington School joined Chorus Education Trust in April 2023, at which point we also welcomed a new headteacher, whose proven track record in developing a positive ethos under strong leadership is enabling the school on its journey of improvement.Further appointments to the senior leadership team have created a school with ambition to deliver on the Chorus Trust ethos of outstanding achievement for all.
The school itself is situated on the outskirts of Eckington on the Derbyshire/Sheffield border, overlooking open countryside. The campus is arranged around a shrub-filled courtyard that enables easy access to outside spaces for all.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.