Child and Family Support Worker
Northern Saints Church of England Academy, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 5QL27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2026
Closing date
2 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,699.00 - £36,363.00 Annually (FTE) (Pro rata 38 wks £28,856 - £31,138) 37 hours - term time +5 days - Fixed term until 31st August 2027
Child and Family Support Worker job summary
Principal Responsibilities
To work directly with vulnerable children, parents/carers and groups in all settings in Northern Saints Primary and their local communities and provide services to improve outcomes for children.
To monitor and report on children’s attendance and liaise with attendance officers to improve outcomes for children.
To provide targeted support to children and families who find it difficult to access services.
To undertake and contribute to the Common Assessment Framework (CAF), contribute to Initial and Core assessments of children in need and contribute to the implementation of individual care plans.
To prepare and send referral assessment forms to Social Services.
To attend CP, CIN, Early Help and Care Team meetings when required.
To produce reports for the meetings listed above.
To undertake and contribute to the effective safeguarding of children according to Northern Saints policy.
To work with parents to overcome barriers to learning for their child and broker access to specialist and targeted support services where they would otherwise not have access.
To liaise with a range of professionals at all levels and establish strong links with partner organisations to ensure commonly agreed thresholds of need.
To support the senior management team in the provision of information needed for self evaluation.
To engage with all parents to form strong partnerships with Northern Saints Primary.
Main Duties
To work directly with children and families as part of a multi agency team, within agreed models of practice to ensure improved outcomes for children.
To be responsible for creating early help assessments. Make referrals to the Children’s Advice and Support Services in order to safeguard children. Carry out early help assessments and to lead on family plan meetings. Be responsible for carrying out the appropriate actions following assessments/meetings.
Promote healthy living by liaison with schools health workers/school nurse and ensuring appointments are kept.
Monitor and review daily attendance data to identify patterns of absence or persistent absence.
Contact parents/carers regarding pupil absences and follow up on unexplained absences daily.
Work with families to identify and address barriers that may affect a child’s regular attendance.
Organise and provide early intervention and support for pupils at risk of poor attendance.
Carry out home visits where appropriate to support engagement with school.
Work closely with the school attendance officer, safeguarding team, and senior leadership to improve attendance outcomes.
To engage with families who find it difficult to access the services they need.
Organise meetings and drop-ins at appropriate times with relevant children and families.
To provide a range of support services to reduce social isolation.
To undertake and contribute to the effective safeguarding of children and young people in accordance with school policy and procedure.
Enhance the schools contextualised safeguarding plan through the delivery of appropriate workshops to pupils
To keep digital records of work undertaken in accordance with school policy and provide written reports as required.
To attend as required, meetings to make and review plans for children and provide verbal and written reports as appropriate.
To engage with all parents to form strong partnerships.To liaise with staff and ensure strong home school partnerships with parents is developed.
Support with parenting skills by providing parenting guidance and support, either on a one-to-one basis or via parent workshops. Provide advice on how to develop and maintain positive discipline.
Provide lunchtime nurture provision for our most vulnerable pupils
Oversee the running of breakfast club and ensure pupil premium children attend well.
Other
Building and maintaining successful relationships with pupils, parents/carers and staff.
To carry out duties in accordance with full regard to the schools policies and procedures.
To undertake training or personal developments appropriate to your post as identified by your line manager.
Attending meetings, liaising and communicating with colleagues in the school, outside agencies and other relevant bodies.
Being an effective role model for the standards of behaviour expected of pupils.
The post-holder is required to respect the confidentiality of matters relating to learners and other members of staff. The post-holder must be aware of and comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act.
The post-holder must comply with the school’s Health and Safety policies and procedures.
The post-holder is required to undertake any training or CPD necessary or appropriate for the effective discharge of their responsibilities.
The post-holder will comply with the school’s policies on equality in all areas of activity.
To undertake such other reasonable duties as may be reasonable required within the school.
The Academy within the Trust is committed to safeguarding staff and students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosing and Barring Service DBS check. All interviews will include a question about Safeguarding and any anomalies identified in pre-recruitment checks will be discussed at interview.
Further information about the job
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Northern Saints Church of England Academy
- School type
- Academies, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 455 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Northern Saints Church of England Academy website
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