Trust Family Support Worker
What skills and experience we're looking for
‘Pupils are extremely happy to attend Cringle Brook Primary – they thrive in the caring and supportive school community’ – Cringle Brook Ofsted 2024
‘Staff are committed to helping pupils to develop a strong sense of community and belonging. Pupils feel confident to be themselves because of the supportive atmosphere that permeates the school’ – Ladybarn Ofsted 2023
‘The school promotes outstanding relations with parents. Parents are highly complementary about all aspects of the school, and are of the view that their children are happy, safe, and achieving well. ’ – Green End Ofsted 2015
Do you want to make a real difference to the families in our trust?
Do you want to play an important role in improving the life chances of our pupils ?
Do you have high aspirations for children and families in an urban context?
Do you have a strength in empathy, patience and self motivation ?
This could be the role for you
Main responsibilities- Build positive relationships with pupils, parents and colleagues in the Trust.
- Support parents in addressing identified issues which are presenting as a barrier to developing further their parenting capacity.
- Support parents of children with signs of social, emotional, health or behavioural issues and work with them, school staff and other support agencies
- Utilize a trauma informed approach to working with parents and their children
- Support families to improve school attendance
- Work with parents with financial management and nutrition planning as required.
- Develop strategies to improve the engagement of parents and carers in school life
- Develop parents and carers understanding of their capacity to support their children’s learning
- Attend multi agency meetings as may be required regarding identified families.
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Professional Development and Training
- Company sick pay dependent upon service
The role is working across the three schools in the trust. Strong literacy and numeracy skills are essential and successful completion of tests in these areas is part of the interview process.
First stage assessment: 26 NovemberSecond stage assessment/interview: 29 November
What the school offers its staff
Kingsway Community Trust a Multi Academy Trust, which is made up of Green End Primary School, Ladybarn Primary and Cringle Brook Primary School. This provides the staff and children of both schools with enhanced development and networking opportunities.
The Trust is led and managed by one Executive Headteacher, and a Trust Board. In each school there is a full time Head of School who lead and manage alongside the Executive Headteacher.
Kingsway Community Trust can offer you:-- A thriving learning community with a positive ethos and innovative approaches
- A supportive and empowering environment, supported by a National Leader of Education
- The support of a well-established, highly successful and forward thinking Trust
- A culturally rich and diverse urban community
Further details about the role
We cannot accept CVs as an application. Our application form must be used and completed in full, making sure you address the person specification. Submissions received without a completed application form will not be considered.
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.