Children and Families Support Worker
High View School, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 6JQ24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
12 December 2025
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
- £22,124.00 - £24,365.00 Annually (Actual) Grade D. 35.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Children and Families Support Worker job summary
Children and Families Support Worker
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and families? We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Children and Families Support Worker to join our team. In this rewarding role, you’ll work closely with schools, parents, and community partners to provide vital support that helps children thrive both academically and emotionally. If you’re proactive, empathetic, and committed to promoting positive outcomes for young people and their families, we’d love to hear from you.
About the Role
As a Children and Families Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting pupils’ learning, wellbeing, and school attendance, while also working closely with families to strengthen engagement and provide guidance. You will collaborate with school staff, safeguarding leads, and external agencies to ensure every child feels safe, supported, and ready to thrive.
Key Responsibilities-
Children Support:
- React to the needs of pupils daily, supporting learning and school attendance.
- Lead and coordinate ELSA and Keyworker groups in collaboration with the SENDCo.
- Support transitions into school and run social and intervention groups.
- Provide assistance during unstructured times and maintain accurate records of pupil interactions.
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Family Support:
- Promote parental engagement and provide guidance on early concerns.
- Complete referrals for support services and liaise with parents on attendance matters.
- Communicate effectively with families via calls, emails, and meetings.
- Attend parent evenings, multi-agency meetings, and support home visits when required.
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Safeguarding:
- Follow school safeguarding policies and report concerns promptly.
- Support safeguarding leads in multi-agency meetings and monitor ongoing cases.
- Experience working with children and families in an educational or community setting.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with school staff and external agencies.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
HIGH VIEW
High View School is an outstanding primary school (Ofsted, November 2024), which is highly-regarded on a national scale and at the heart of our local community. We are a 1.5 form entry school, with around 350 pupils (which includes our dedicated nursery provision), and we benefit from working in a first-class learning environment, including a purpose-built school building and a range of exceptional outside play and learning environments.
At High View School, we work together to ensure that learning is ambitious and relevant, with an ethos rooted in mutual respect, kindness and tolerance. We want our staff and pupils to come to school with a positive attitude, where they are kind to one another, eager to learn and have pride and aspirations around what they can accomplish as individuals and as a community, both academically and socially, as we truly believe that good beginnings never end! With this in mind, our curriculum is outstanding, as is our ongoing continuous professional development for all staff.
Staff, pupils and parents are proud to be part of the High View School family and our continued commitment and collaboration for growth, alongside successful engagement with our wider community stakeholders, enable us to achieve standards of which we continue to be incredibly proud of.
About the Trust
The Learning Academies Trust is a family of 18 schools across Plymouth and surrounding areas, dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust’s mission is:Together we will… work with our children, families, and communities to provide exceptional learning opportunities for all our children
As part of the trust, we will support you to learn and develop, providing outstanding CPD and opportunities for collaboration between schools within the trust sharing resources, expertise and knowledge.
Further information about the position, the trust and the benefits we offer can be found in the attached recruitment pack.
To request a tour of the school or to discuss the role in anyway please contact the school on the number above.
If you believe you can demonstrate the dedication, skills and passion required, we look forward to receiving your application. If there are no vacancies currently, but you would like to register your interest for future vacancies, please join our talent pool and we will be in touch as soon as we have a suitable position.
Please note, the closing date is for guidance only. Successful applicants will be invited to interview at the earliest available opportunity. Learning Academies Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
With 18 individual primary schools, the Learning Academies Trust is the largest primary school trust in Plymouth and the first education employer in Plymouth to achieve the Livewell Southwest Wellbeing at Work Bronze Award. The Trust is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all staff and is proud to work closely with official bodies to ensure we have a holistic approach to staff wellbeing.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.
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 High View School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 347 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- High View School website
School location
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