Family Support Worker

Lime Academy Orton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5SD

17 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  30 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,827.23 - £30,442.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Points 23-25, 36 hours per week, 39 weeks (term time only plus 1 week inset)

Family Support Worker job summary

Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 8 schools over 10 locations across Peterborough and the London Boroughs of Havering and Waltham Forest. We have grown to include four primary schools and four all-through special schools, with 2400 pupils and over 700 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure that:

- Learners are safe and enjoy learning

- Everyone feels included, respected, and valued

- An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood

- Employee potential is recognised and invested in

The Trust’s vision is to provide high quality education for pupils through school-to-school collaboration, Trust direction, high challenge and high support. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do.

We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure.

Overview of the role:

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who can:

- Oversee and coordinate the attendance of learners through positive engagement with learners and their families

- Promote safeguarding of children and young people within the school

- Continue to build positive relationships with parents/ carers and external agencies acting as a focal point of liaison

- Support the SBM in delivering all delegated office functions.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

- Excellent attention to detail, be proactive and be confident working with people

- Strong communication skills

- Experience of working in an administrative or family support role

- Practical experience of using ICT systems

- A commitment to the vision and values of the Trust, alongside a collaborative and effective partnership working style will enable you to fulfil this role

- You will be a highly motivated practitioner who is committed to implementing significant and sustained improvements across the schools and the wider Trust, who is enthusiastic to see all our learners’ flourish in safe, secure and welcoming learning environments.

Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted therefore you may be called for interview prior to the closing date.

Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed. Please contact Anthony Skipworth to discuss the role further or to arrange a visit.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References will be taken up before appointment.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Lime Academy Orton

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 153 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lime Academy Orton website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lime-academy-orton

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