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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    16 June 2025 at 5pm

  • Date listed

    5 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time, part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£28,354.67 - £32,367.34 Annually (Actual) NJCE Grade 5 (SCP 17-24) / £30,060 - £34,314 (FTE)

Family Support Worker job summary

Everton Free School is Alternative Provision school for students aged 13-16 years, and was awarded an Ofsted Outstanding rating in April 2024. Since its inception, it has achieved numerous milestones and has firmly established itself as a highly regarded and sought-after Alternative Provision option for schools and local authorities across the Liverpool City Region and beyond.

The role of the Family Support Worker includes offering intense support and positive interventions to individuals who are involved in criminality or being criminally exploited, struggling, excluded from education, having troubles within the family home, in the care system, at risk of care or leaving the care system.

Our main aim is to provide the young person and their family the support and opportunities to develop social skills, gain qualifications, improve health and well-being, and have new experiences in a safe and friendly environment. We want to raise the aspirations of our young person, with a clear goal of them having a safe transition into adulthood and reaching their full potential. We focus on personalised support and tailoring our services to the needs and aspirations to those we support enabling them to fulfil their potential and achieve their own life goals; linking in with other organisations to provide quality wrap around support, ensuring all aspects of life are covered.

Please see the recruitment pack document attached for the full job description and person specification. Application form is also attached.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

As a requirement of our safer recruitment practices, this role will require an Enhanced DBS check or evidence that you are subscribed to the DBS Update Service information.

This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications including proof of eligibility to work in the UK which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.  

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About Everton Free School & Football College

School type
Free School, ages 13 to 19
School size
194 pupils enrolled
Age range
13 to 19
Ofsted report
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Everton Free School and Football College provides a high quality alternative educational environment for vulnerable young people aged 13-16, and opportunities for all students’ post 16 in Everton Football College.

The school is supported by and takes inspiration from the award-winning Everton in the Community charity which delivers innovative programmes to promote health, education, social inclusion and equality of opportunity across Merseyside through the power of sport.

Everton Free School and Football College offers many other specialist routes for young people including Arts, Culture and Digital Media pathways. Students are referred to the school by other schools, academies and local authorities.

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