Family Support Worker

Holne Chase Primary School, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, MK3 5HP

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 April 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: £21,882.63 - £24,818.22 Annually (Actual)

Family Support Worker job summary

Are you a confident, compassionate, and highly organised individual who thrives on building strong relationships and making a real impact in the lives of children and families? We’re looking for someone special to work closely with our pupils, families, and staff to ensure every child’s welfare is supported and every family feels empowered to access the help they need.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Working as part of the safeguarding team to ensure our children are kept safe both in and out of school

• Partnering with parents and children to improve wellbeing and outcomes across the school

• Boosting attendance for identified pupils through proactive support

• Organising workshops to support our school community

• Collaborating with external agencies to provide holistic support and attending safeguarding meetings

• Delivering tailored, one-to-one support to families who need it most

This is a rewarding opportunity to be part of a caring, forward-thinking team that puts children and families at the heart of everything we do.

Holne Chase is an award-winning school, which is part of the Preston Hedge’s Trust which is built on the ethos of Fun, Creativity and Achievement. With these as the foundations of the school, we are committed to making Holne Chase a very special place to learn; a school which is full of creative, innovative and engaging learning opportunities that encourage pupils to become inquisitive and confident, life-long learners.

As an inclusive school, we work hard to ensure children thrive socially as well as academically. We promote resilience, positivity, respect, empathy, responsibility and aspiration and foster a positive, caring, supportive learning environment, with an open-door policy for children and families.

If you are passionate about working with children and their families to support them thriving within the community, we would love to hear from you!

To learn more about the role, this exciting venture and the opportunities that it brings, potential candidates are warmly welcome to meet the Principal and tour our school. Please contact the school office on 01908 373640 or email office@holnechase.org

Preston Hedges Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. All appointments are subject to successful Disclosure and Barring clearance and any other necessary safeguarding checks, satisfactory references and medical clearance. Please be advised that as per KCSIE 2025 all shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks.

Our Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be viewed using the following link:

Safeguarding-Child-Protection-Policy-2025-26.pdf

Please also be advised we will take up references prior to interview and that one referee must be your last employer. The school provides equal opportunities to all. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity.

We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair 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.

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

Holne Chase is committed to safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of pupils.
We follow safer working practices and therefore
an enhanced DBS is required for all successful
applicants, alongside the request of references, for
all shortlisted candidates prior to interview.
Please be advised that as per KCSIE 2022 all
shortlisted candidates will be subject to online
checks.
As part of our recruitment policies, the successful
candidate will be expected to complete a medical
questionnaire

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 Holne Chase Primary School

• School type: Academies, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 207 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Holne Chase Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/holne-chase-primary-school

Welcome to our new school website!

We are excited to be taking our first steps as a new school within the Preston Hedge’s Academy Trust.

At Holne Chase, our staff team, in partnership with our Governing Body and the Trust Board, are committed to forming a strong partnership with our families and community, and together, we ensure that each and every child has the very best primary school experience that they can.

Our driving vision is founded on the philosophy of ‘Fun, Creativity & Achievement’ – it is at the heart of everything we do here at Holne Chase.

We want our school to be a happy, safe place for our children, where they can experience exceptional teaching and be immersed in exciting and innovative curriculum opportunities. We are incredibly proud of our creative, inquisitive and confident learners; we nurture and support our children so that they thrive at our school in both academic and non-academic areas, ensuring that they develop those incredibly important wider personal and social skills.

We very much look forward to welcoming you to our school

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