13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2025

  • Closing date

    27 November 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    13 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Pathway 4, points 14 – 18, £21,436 - £22,886 per annum, (FTE £28,624 - £30,559)

Family Engagement and Pastoral Support Worker job summary

Family Engagement and Pastoral Support Worker

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 32.5 hours, 39 weeks (term time plus one week)

Working pattern: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm

Salary: Pathway 4, points 14 – 18, £21,436 - £22,886 per annum, (FTE £28,624 - £30,559)

Site: Welbourne Primary Academy

Closing date: 9am on 27th November 2024

Start date: January 2025

Please note the trust may decide to withdraw the advert before the closing date or interview suitable candidates prior to the advert closing.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and their families?

Do you have the skills to support and engage with our school community?

If so, Welbourne Primary Academy is looking for you!

Your role:

As a Family Engagement and Pastoral Support Worker, you will be at the heart of our school community, working closely with families, parents, carers, and children to ensure every child has full access to educational opportunities. Your responsibilities will include establishing positive relationships with families, providing practical and emotional support, and organising activities that promote children’s learning and wellbeing. You will also be a key player in safeguarding, acting as one of the school’s Designated Safeguarding Leads, and working with other agencies to support our families. You will have GCSEs in English and Maths (grade C or above), knowledge of national attendance regulations, effective ICT skills, data analysis abilities, strong communication skills, and proven organisational and planning experience.

About us:

Welbourne Primary Academy is a thriving school where new children and families quickly become part of our community. We believe in inspiring excellence and achievement through an innovative, broad, and balanced curriculum. Our values are at the HEART of everything we do: Honesty, Excellence, Aspiration, Respect, and Teamwork. We believe in being truthful, striving for the best, aiming high, respecting everyone and everything, and working together supportively. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of our students and their families. Together, we can achieve more.

Why work for us?:

We are part of the Thomas Deacon Education Trust and we can offer you:

- Progression opportunities across the Trust

- Continuous development, e.g. training, coaching

- Access to the most generous pension schemes in the UK (LGPS & teachers’ pension scheme)    

- Free flu vaccinations

- Cycle to work scheme

- Recommend a Friend Reward scheme

- Free & confidential Employee Assistance Programme

- Trained Mental health first aiders

- Collaborative working across schools in the Trust

If you have the skills we are looking for, we can’t wait to hear from you!

TDET - Working together to transform lives through education

Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

At Thomas Deacon Education Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Join us in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where all contributions are valued.

If you have any questions regarding this post, please contact the HR Team on e-mail at hrteam@tdet.education

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 are not accepted.

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About Welbourne Primary Academy

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
206 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

School location

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