Family Support Worker

Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2BE

3 days remaining to apply

Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
25 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: Grade H 14-21: £27,334 - £30,825 (FTE) (pro rata)

Family Support Worker job summary

Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust is a large Catholic Multi Academy Trust situated in the northern half of the Catholic Diocese of Northampton. It was formed by the merger of three former Catholic Trusts in February 2020. The Trust currently leads and manages ten Catholic primary schools located across the geographical area of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire and, two Catholic secondary schools.

Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School is on an exciting journey of improvement that will provide our pupils with an engaging, bespoke and broad Curriculum, where all subjects are valued.

We are a Catholic, learning, listening school where it is not enough that children know they are loved, we show them. We are looking to recruit a confident and experienced Family Support Worker with school experience, to join our amazing Team. This role is pivotal in ensuring that all administrative and safeguarding duties are carried out efficiently and with the upmost confidentiality. To work closely with parents and carers to help overcome pupils’ barriers to learning both internal and external to school.

Our Curriculum is designed around the needs of our children in relation to our Learning Behaviours. We aim to enable our children to become:

Confident learners who enjoy learning, making progress and achieving.

Curious about the world around them fostering a love of learning.

Independent thinkers who can find solutions to problems.

Resilient so that they have the ability to bounce back from challenges and problems.

Ambitious individuals who make a positive contribution to society.

The school is looking to appoint a child centered, highly committed, creative and inspiring Family Support Worker. The successful candidate will work within, and contribute towards, our strong Catholic ethos and strive to enable every child to reach their own unique, God given potential.

Further information about the school can be viewed as follows:

School Website:www.ourladyscatholic.northants.sch.uk

Trust Website: www.olicatschools.org

If you wish to discuss this position further or arrange to view the school; please contact Miss Elise Gribble, Headteacher, on 01933 224900 or egribble@ol.well.olicatschools.org

Closing date for applications: 12:00pm on Monday 28th October 2024

Anticipated interviews: Week beginning 28th October 2024

Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment and selection processin line with this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

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.