Family Support worker and Student Welfare Lead
Family Support worker and Student Welfare Lead
Permanent /Full-time
Scale PO1
Required as soon as possible
Salmons Brook School is a specialist SEMH school for young people aged 11 – 18. We have 70 places for young people. We opened in September 2022 for 40 young and will continue to grow until 2025 as we expand to Post-16 years and a capacity of 70 pupils.Our vision and core purpose are to improving lives by nurturing potential. We are focused on developing positive character traits within our students and approach this through a shared commitment to our ‘CREATE’ values.
Salmons Brook School is seeking to employ a family support worker who will work with our Safeguarding and Welfare officer to oversee family support, student welfare and safeguarding.
This includes:
- Family support: developing our existing provision of family support by being the first point of contact for families requiring additional support, putting on events and training for families and liaising with external professionals involved in our families’ lives.
- Safeguarding: you will be a key member of the safeguarding team.
- Student Welfare: you will lead on medication and first aid across the school, including reporting, recording and monitoring, working with the school nursing team, staff training, the use of medical room and be the key point of contact for students, staff, families and professionals regarding medication, first and allergies. You will work closely with the Safeguarding and Welfare officer to lead on attendance across the school.
Who are we looking for?
The role will include line management of staff and therefore experience of this is ideal. You might have previous experience as a Family Support Worker, as an Educational Welfare Officer, worked in social or community care or have significant relevant experience in working in safeguarding within a school setting.
Salmons Brook School offers a thorough training programme for all our staff. This would include any specialist training required to meet the needs of this role. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual with a desire to make a difference in the lives of young people and who has a genuine desire to improve the quality-of-life for our community.
Salmons Brook School is a unique school community and so we are looking for someone who will complement the existing staff team and who can work collaboratively with our students, families and staff.
This role would include sole working with young people as well as working as part of a team.
All roles at Salmons Brook require staff to undertake Team Teach positive behaviour handling training.
Actual Salary Range: £38,716 - £41,415 (PO1)Hours: 36 hours per week, 42 weeks per annum (pro rata)
Working hours will be agreed with the postholder upon appointment but will be flexible to reflect our approach to supporting the families of our young people
Apply online direct through TES or download an application pack
from the school website https://edact.org.uk/careers or email us at
ECSRecruitment@edact.org.uk
Applications are to be received no later than 9am on 19.03.25. However, applications will be processed as they are received.
Interviews to be held on either 25.03.25 or 26.03.25
CVs will not be accepted as formal application