Family Support Worker

Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 8BQ

46 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  23 August 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 July 2026

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: £30,515.00 Annually (FTE)

Family Support Worker job summary

We are seeking to appoint a compassionate, proactive and highly motivated Family Support Worker to join the pastoral team at Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant school and Higham Ferrers Junior school on a permanent contract.

This is a key role within the school, supporting our work to ensure that every child has the best possible start to their education and that families are effectively supported to overcome barriers to engagement, attendance and wellbeing.

The Higham schools have a strong commitment to safeguarding, early intervention and working in partnership with families. You will play a vital role in strengthening the link between home and school by developing positive relationships with parents and carers, providing tailored practical and emotional support, and signposting families to relevant services where appropriate.

This role is central to the school’s pastoral and safeguarding work and will involve delivering early help interventions, supporting attendance and behaviour, liaising with external agencies, and helping to ensure that every child is supported to thrive both at home and in school.

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience of working with children and families in an educational, social care or community setting
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Be solution-focused, emotionally resilient and highly organised
• Show a clear understanding of safeguarding procedures and child protection principles
• Be committed to making a measurable impact on children’s outcomes and family engagement

We welcome and encourage visits to our schools. Please contact Jane Toyer at jane.toyer@lflet.org.uk to arrange.

In return, we can offer you a position in a great team of professionals who are dedicated to working to providing the best possible education for our children. We are an inclusive and supportive community who will provide excellent opportunities to develop professionally.

Hours of work: 35 hours per week Monday-Friday (8:30am - 4:00pm with 30 for minutes lunch) 39 weeks per year. Please note that holidays cannot be taken in term time, but an allowance for holiday entitlement is paid accordingly.

Salary: Grade H, Scale points 14-20, £30,515- £33,672 FTE (Pro rata for part-time)

The closing date for applications is midnight on 23rd August 2026.

Interviews will be held w/c 7th September 2026

Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and must have suitable references. This process assists us in maintaining a safe environment for pupils and staff.

We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

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.

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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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 255 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/higham-ferrers-nursery-and-infant-school-rushden

Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School is located in the heart of the historic market town of Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire and is supported by a vibrant and supportive community.

We have an amazing team of staff, governors and parents, all of which work together to strive for the best possible education for the children, academically, socially and emotionally to ensure they reach their full potential. Our school has been recognised by Ofsted as a ‘Good’ school and has, once again, been accredited with the ‘Quality Mark’ for Literacy and Numeracy standards across the school.

We are also an ‘Attachment Aware’ school, where well-being, nurture and resilience are high on our agenda and where behaviours are taught to develop important life skills which support positive mental health. We firmly believe in fostering a safe, inclusive and engaging environment that supports each child’s individual growth and development. With a child-centred approach, we provide opportunities that spark the imagination, encourage curiosity, creativity and a love of learning to build confident, independent life-long learners.

Our core values: Care, Share, Enjoy, Respect and Friendship, underpin everything we do and are woven into the fabric of our curriculum and daily interactions, ensuring that are children not only reach their full potential academically, but also grow into empathetic and responsible individuals.

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