Family Support Worker

Sir Christopher Hatton Academy, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4RP

35 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 November 2026

• Closing date

  14 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 August 2026

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: 24,690 - 26,782

Family Support Worker job summary

Family Support Worker

Sir Christopher Hatton Academy, The Pyghtle, Wellingborough

37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time + 5 days)

NJC Scale Point 12 to 17 (£28,598 to £31,022 FTE) Actual Salary £24,690

to £26,782 per annum

At Sir Christopher Hatton Academy, we provide an education with character, encompassing our core values of Excellence, Aspiration, Achievement, Inspiration and Community to ensure that all our students are flourishing and prepared for the tests of life, not just a life of tests. To enable this, we need great staff on our team.

We are looking to appoint a Family Support Worker to provide day to day practical assistance to the Vice Principal, the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, and the Attendance & Welfare Officer; and to promote student well-being and attendance across the Academy.

This exciting role sits within the wider welfare team and at its heart, is supporting students and their families to address barriers that affect welfare and attendance. By helping to ensure young people are safe, supported, and able to fully engage in their education, you will play a vital role in improving outcomes. It is a highly meaningful position that offers the opportunity to make a real and lasting difference to the life chances of young people.

You’ll be a consistent point of contact for students, providing support, welfare and guidance. You will also play a key role in engaging hard-to-reach families, and families who require extra support, including undertaking home visits to help strengthen home-school relationships.

For further details about this post, and to apply, please go to our website: Vacancies | Hatton Academies Trust   

Closing date for receipt of applications: 9.00am Monday 14th September 2026

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to act on received applications before the closing date has passed.

We value honesty and integrity and our recruitment processes help us understand what you uniquely contribute. Submissions that rely too heavily on AI risk obscuring the very qualities we are looking to discover. If you use AI, let it support your thinking, not replace it.

Education without limits; Integrity at all times

Hatton Academies Trust are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure Bureau Service check and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references

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

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 Sir Christopher Hatton Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1440 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sir Christopher Hatton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sir-christopher-hatton-academy

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