Family Support Assistant - Level 5
St Michael's Community Academy, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3SL48 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October / November 2024
Closing date
13 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 July 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
- £24,294.00 - £26,421.00 Annually (FTE) 32.5 hrs per week, Mon - Fri. Term time only, pro rata salary based on 45 weeks pay per year
Family Support Assistant - Level 5 job summary
The St Bart's Multi Academy Trust, in partnership with Governors, staff and children of St Michael's Community Academy are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our hard working and committed team.
At St Michael's Community Academy our children come first. High expectations, mutual trust and respect are underpinned by a warm, supportive ethos. In the best interests of our children we work very closely with our partner Academies. The successful candidate will be working alongside a team of caring, enthusiastic, dedicated staff, who are well-supported by their Senior Leadership Team.
Job Purpose
To engage with parents/carers and families to provide early intervention, support and guidance to improveattendance and learning outcomes for pupils.
Key Duties / Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain effective contact and communications with parents/carers and familiesincluding home visits
- Work with a range of school staff to help plan strategies and interventions to address individualpupil issues
- Provide advice and guidance to families to reinforce their self-esteem and support pupilachievement
- Implement action plans with parents / carers and monitor and report on progress and achievements
- Signpost families to sources of advice and guidance
- Support school strategies to improve behaviour and attendance
- Work with external agencies, such as health professionals, Children’s Centres
- Maintain pupil records and case files
- Undertake first day contact of parents/carers
- Liaise with other staff regarding persistent absentees: follow through incomplete registrations andreasons for absence
- Develop and deliver a programme of family-related activities to meet the needs of the schoolcommunity
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within theacademy, raising any concerns following academy protocol/procedures
- Any other duties appropriate to the post.
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.
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About St Michael's Community Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 448 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
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