Family Support Worker

Djanogly Sherwood Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 7AR

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 May 2024 at 5pm

• Date listed

  15 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,116.79 - £17,267.99 Annually (Actual) The salary advertised is based on working 3 days per week, term time only + 2 weeks (40 weeks). The full time equivalent salary is £29,974-£32,115 per annum

Family Support Worker job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic Family Support Worker to join our team. Family Support Workers are appointed to work with pupils and their families as part of a team under the direction of the Academy Leader.

Family Support Worker’s work is primarily to:

• Foster the participation of vulnerable pupils and their families in the social and academic processes of the academy

• Support vulnerable pupils and their families to become more independent and resilient, overcoming barriers to learning and engagement

• Empower vulnerable parents/carers to take a greater role in their children’s learning and thereby standards of achievement for vulnerable pupils

What we can offer you:

• A culture of trust, where all contributions are recognised and respected
• A skilled senior leadership team with a strong ethos of mutual support and challenge
• Children who engage well and want to learn
• An embedded whole trust commitment to professional development
• A skilled and experienced central service team who proactively support our academies, enabling educationalists to focus on our core purpose – teaching and learning
• A real commitment to work-life balance – we remember we are human beings first and educators second
• Great Trust benefits including: free parking, company paid healthcare, travel discounts and excellent training and development opportunities

Visits to the academy are encouraged! If you wish to arrange a visit, discover more about this exciting opportunity, need any further information or you would like to have an informal discussion, please contact us to arrange a convenient date.

For further details about the Academy and Djanogly Learning Trust, please view our careers pages on MyNewTerm.

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 Djanogly Sherwood Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 350 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Djanogly Sherwood Academy website (opens in new tab)
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