Child & Family Support Worker and Portico Attendance Lead
Friars Primary School and Nursery, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS3 9XX18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
5 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am-4.30pm (with 36 minute unpaid for lunch) 39 weeks per year - Term time only plus INSET days.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Level 7, point 21 to 27
What skills and experience we're looking for
About the Role
We are looking to appoint a passionate individual who will work as part of our safeguarding team to work with children and their families.
The right person for this role will be committed to supporting families in a range of circumstances. A large part of the role will be based at Friars where they will be responsible for supporting the school in improving school attendance and driving new initiatives across the school to improve attendance and punctuality.
This person will also be the Attendance Lead for the Trust and required to work across all our schools to provide higher level Attendance support and guidance.
For further details of the role, please see the job description and person specification attached.
Do you:
- Have resilience when faced with a challenge?
- Work well as part of a team?
- Have a passion for working with children and their families to make positive changes?
- Have strong experience in both local safeguarding and attendance procedures?
If you answered yes to all the above and you want to join a friendly, dedicated team eager to expand further, then we’d love to hear from you.
Visits to Friars are welcome.
Post holder will be based at Friars; however, they will need to travel via own car to all schools within the Trust to effectively undertake role. This will generally be self-directed, but from time to time you may be requested to attend a particular school/site by SLT. You will not be permitted to claim expenses for travel between sites as this is deemed as part of the roles remuneration.
What the school offers its staff
As part of Portico Academy Trust, Friars Primary School and Nursery can offer you:
- A friendly and supportive atmosphere where everyone is valued and everyone matters
- An environment with wonderful children, that promotes inclusivity
- High quality professional development
- Support and collaboration across our Trust
- A well-resourced school
Further details about the role
Closing Date: 5th June 2025 at midday
Interview Date: W/C 9th June 2025
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.
For further details or an application pack, please contact Director of HR, Mrs Rebecca Sanderson, Portico Academy Trust, Ronald Hill Grove, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 2JB.
Telephone: 01702 987890 ext 310
Email:recruitment@porticoacademytrust.co.uk
Please include a cover letter with your application form, commenting on how you feel you meet the person specification criteria and providing an insight into your relevant experience.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and shortlisted candidates should be aware that the school will consider carrying out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
Application Documents
Support Staff Application Form
Child and Family Support Worker and Portico Attendance Lead Job Description
Child and Family Support Worker and Portico Attendance Lead Person Specification
Application Email
Email:recruitment@porticoacademytrust.co.uk
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@porticoacademytrust.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Friars Primary School and Nursery
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 434 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Friars Primary School and Nursery website
- Email address
- recruitment@porticoacademytrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01702 987890
Arranging a visit to Friars Primary School and Nursery
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@porticoacademytrust.co.uk.
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