Early Years Family Support Worker

St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 9JB

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  25 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 September 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: £28,147.00 - £34,811.00 Annually (FTE)

Early Years Family Support Worker job summary

Early Years Family Support Worker

Birmingham Pathfinder

Based at St Paul's Catholic Primary School and Hawkesley Primary Academy

Salary: Grade 3
Contract: Fixed Term for 12 months (subject to funding)
Hours: Full Time (36.5 hours per week)
Start Date: As soon as possible

About the Role

Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy Company and Birmingham Pathfinder are seeking to appoint an outstanding and compassionate Early Years Family Support Worker to join our innovative SEMH Pathfinder team.

This exciting role will be based across St Paul's Catholic Primary School and Hawkesley Primary Academy, supporting babies, young children and their families through high-quality early intervention, family support and community engagement.

The successful candidate will play a key role in identifying and reducing barriers to learning, development and wellbeing, helping families access the right support at the right time. Working within Birmingham Pathfinder's relational and psychologically-informed approach, you will build trusted relationships with children and families, strengthen resilience, and help create positive long-term outcomes.

About Birmingham Pathfinder

Birmingham Pathfinder is a pioneering partnership of schools, services and community organisations committed to improving outcomes for children, young people and families through a model of shared authority, inclusion and social justice.

We believe that lasting change happens when families, schools and communities work together. Our approach focuses on building relationships, recognising strengths and creating supportive networks around children and their families.

The Role Will Include:

Delivering targeted Early Help and family support to children and families.

Acting as Lead Professional for an agreed caseload.

Building positive, trusting and strengths-based relationships with families.

Supporting children's early learning and development through EYFS-aligned practice.

Working alongside social care, health professionals, schools and community partners.

Contributing to safeguarding, multi-agency planning and family support processes.

Supporting family engagement activities and ensuring family voice shapes service development.

Promoting inclusive, nurturing and trauma-informed approaches that improve outcomes for children and families.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Has:

Experience supporting vulnerable children and families.

Knowledge of child development and the Early Years Foundation Stage.

A strong understanding of safeguarding and Early Help processes.

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

The ability to work effectively with families, schools and partner agencies.

A commitment to inclusion, family voice, social justice and improving outcomes for children.

In Return We Offer:

• The opportunity to be part of an ambitious and innovative Pathfinder programme.
• A supportive and values-led team environment.
• High-quality supervision and professional development opportunities.
• Access to specialist training in relational, trauma-informed and family-centred practice.
• The chance to make a genuine difference to the lives of children and families within our communities.

For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Birmingham Pathfinder.

Closing Date: End of the day, Friday 25th September 2026
Interview Date: Week commencing 5th October 2026

"Working together with families, schools and communities to help every child thrive."

Safeguarding & Equal Opportunities

St Paul's is part of Lumen Christi who are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to 2 satisfactory references, one being your latest employer/Head Teacher, (which will be requested prior to interview) an enhanced DBS check and prohibition check, online searches, medical, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the Right to Work (RTW) in the UK. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016).

Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Please review our Safeguarding Policy Here

We are anequal opportunities employer, and determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested prior to interview, an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the Right to Work (RTW) in the UK.

Please review our Safeguarding Policy on the school website: www.stpaulrc.bham.sch.uk

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.

About St Paul's Catholic Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 169 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Paul's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-paul-s-catholic-primary-school-birmingham

St Paul’s Catholic Primary School is a thriving and vibrant one-form entry primary school in its community. Being a fully inclusive school, we value every individual and the contributions they make. We want our children to experience the pleasure of achieving personal academic successes, linked to a strong sense of morality and fairness, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ within our Christian faith. At the school’s last Section 48 inspection, St Paul’s was judged to be a ‘Good Catholic school.’ Our most recent Ofsted Inspection judged it as a ‘Good School’, in November 2021.

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