Assistant Family Support Worker

Cotgrave Candleby Lane School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 3JG

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  20 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 3

Assistant Family Support Worker job summary

At Cotgrave Candleby Lane, we believe in supporting not just our children, but their families too. We are seeking an empathetic and committed Assistant Family Support Worker to join our pastoral team. You will play a vital role in strengthening family-school relationships and ensuring every child has the support they need to thrive.

This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of families in our community. We know the importance of a child knowing that there is someone who champions and believes in them whatever happens.

Cotgrave Candleby Lane School is a thriving large school located at the heart of our community. We have a commitment and passion to ensure that every child has the support, care, guidance and challenge to set them on the right path. We value the relationships we have with our children and their families and see the importance of working in a partnership together.

You will be joining a strong and supportive staff team who are creative and innovative and provide the best learning opportunities for all of our pupils. We are always striving to develop, learn and improve our practice and our pastoral offer is central to this being successful.

You will work alongside our experienced and dedicated Family Support Worker who knows our families well and be line managed by our passionate SENDCO, both who will provide you will the support you will need to carry out this role effectively.

No two days will be the same, it is a varied, exciting, challenging and rewarding role.

You will be able to build trusting relationships with children and their families by offering a non-judgmental, listening ear and offer advice and guidance appropriately. This might be supporting a child who is struggling to come into school that morning, providing support internally through our pastoral offer or signposting families to external agencies. You will be involved in working with other agencies that work to support families and be part of creating packages of support.

As part of your role you will be part of our Designated Safeguarding Team, lead by our Head Teacher and other member of the Senior Leadership Team. This will involve responding to any safeguarding issues that our children may face following the school policies and procedures, attending social care meeting and monitoring these families in school to ensure that they are safe and cared for.

You will also be responsible for the daily monitoring of our children’s attendance. This will involve working with the families to identify any barriers they are facing which is impacting on attendance and using the ATTEND Framework to provide support. If you are not familiar with this training will be given.

Maintaining accurate and confidential records of family interactions, support provided, and any concerns raised will be essential and you will work alongside the Family Support Worker and SENDCO to complete referrals and other paperwork needed to access support.

We are looking for someone who has:

Care: passionately cares about the welfare of children and their families and always puts children at the heart of all they do

Strong Communication Skills: the ability to engage positively with families, colleagues and external agencies, both in person and in writing.

Empathy and Patience: a sensitive, compassionate approach to supporting families facing challenges.

Organisation Skills: capable of managing multiple caseloads and keeping clear, thorough records.

Understanding of Child Development: awareness of emotional, social, and developmental needs of children and young people.

Experience: experience working with children and families in social work, childcare, family support, or a related field.

Positivity: is a happy positive person who looks for solutions not problems and will roll up their sleeves and get stuck in

We can offer you:

• A fantastic working environment, in a team that works together for the benefit of children in our school
• Support from experienced staff who care passionately about the children and families they work with
• A school who values pastoral and academic care equally and recognises the importance of both to enable children to achieve their very best
• An opportunity to be part of a supportive, developmental partnership
• The opportunity for quality Continuous Professional Learning
• Pensions scheme with generous employer contributions.
• An organisation committed to supporting and enabling all staff
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, offering specialist support including counselling, financial support, and legal advice.

Application Details

Early application is strongly encouraged, as we reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the closing date.

We would consider part time working for the right candidate.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.

If you would like to apply for this role please arrange a visit to the school so you can see more of what we offer and the role that you would be applying for. If you are unable to visit then please contact the school office to arrange a telephone call with our Head Teacher, Claire Lindsay.

We are really looking forward to meeting you and welcoming you as part of our team.

Commitment to safeguarding

We recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils. We will endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. We will be alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. The procedures contained in our policies apply to all staff, volunteers and governors/ member of the Cotgrave Candleby Lane and are consistent with those of Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP)

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About Cotgrave Candleby Lane School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 548 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cotgrave Candleby Lane School website
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Cotgrave Candleby Lane School and Nursery is at the heart of our community and strives to ensure that every child has the support, care, guidance and challenge to be the best they can be. Our fun and engaging approach, mixed with an invigorating environment and ethos, enables staff and pupils to push boundaries to be the very best they can be in all aspects of school life. We value the uniqueness in every child and celebrate this with them. This is mirrored with the staff too as every member of our team has to celebrate and be clear about what makes them unique.

The school is proud of the strong bonds created with our children and families. This careful development is the product of nurture; our drive to develop the school’s eight values and truly going the extra mile for our children and families. The strong bonds are also reflected in our staff team, who have a ‘can do’ approach, care for each other, learn together and work well together as a high performing team. Importantly, we also know how to have fun in what we do.

‘Relentless in our strive for excellence’ underpins everything that we do and alongside our values (Confidence, Aspiration, Creativity, Fun, Pride, Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility), this ethos helps all our children to achieve the best that they can in all areas of their learning. Our Candleby Lane Curriculum vision is LOVE (Long term memory, Oracy rich, Values based, Experiential). Our curriculum promotes a love of learning. It is broad and balanced, rich and varied, and offers our pupils a learning journey that ensures they develop the knowledge, skills, experiences, attitudes and beliefs to become confident and passionate future citizens of the world.

All members of staff and the governing body accept responsibility for ensuring the progress of all of our children and are committed to meeting their pastoral, social and academic needs within a caring and nurturing environment. We hope that each child will develop a love for learning and we are determined to ensure that all of our children are given every chance to maximise their full potential.

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