Family Support & Learning Mentor & Education Welfare Officer

Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF3 4NT

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  11 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Location: Stanley Grove Academy, Wakefield (4 days) & Accomplish MAT Schools in Wakefield, Castleford and Doncaster (1 day)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,061 - £34,434

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Stanley Grove Academy (4 days per week) You will be a catalyst for transformation:

• Deliver bespoke, high-impact interventions that significantly improve pupils’ wellbeing, confidence, and engagement
• Support children navigating complex social, emotional, and behavioural needs, including SEND and anxiety
• Support families and actively signpost families to additional, external support and drive multiagency work in the school.
• Build deep, trust-based relationships with families, empowering them to sustain positive change
• Champion inclusive practice, ensuring every child’s unique identity and needs are recognised and celebrated
• Influence and support staff practice and contribute to a culture of uncompromising safeguarding and wellbeing
• Work with senior leaders to identify need, implement strategic support, and measure meaningful impact
• Mental Health Lead
• Designated Safeguarding Lead (Supporting a dedicated team of DSL and DDSLs)

Across Accomplish MAT (1 day per week) As Education Welfare Officer, you will extend your influence beyond one setting:

• Drive attendance and engagement as a fundamental right for every child

• Empower families to overcome barriers and reconnect with education

• Collaborate across schools and agencies to deliver consistent, high-quality support

• Contribute to a trust-wide vision where no child is left behind

What the school offers its staff

At Stanley Grove Academy and across Accomplish MAT, we are building something exceptional: a community where every child is seen, heard and enabled to succeed-no matter their starting point.

Everything we do is shaped by three powerful commitments:

• Care – We place relationships at the heart of everything, ensuring every child and family feels safe, valued, and understood

• Empower – We equip children, families, and colleagues with the confidence, skills, and agency to thrive independently

• Celebrate Uniqueness – We recognise and champion individuality, embracing diversity as a strength and ensuring every voice matters

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

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Advert- SGA & AMAT Family Support & EWO.pdf - 118 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Description- Family Support, Learning Mentor & Education Welfare Officer.pdf - 102 KB (opens in new tab)

About Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 240 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@amat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stanley-grove-primary-and-nursery-academy

Arranging a visit to Stanley Grove Primary and Nursery Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@amat.org.uk.

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