Family Support Worker

Southfield School for Girls, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6HE

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  9 February 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  27 January 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: Orbis Scale 11-14 (£25,824 to £26,970 FTE). Actual pro rata salary £20,197.44 to £21,093.75
• Additional allowances:

  Orbis Scale 11-14 (£25,824 to £26,970 FTE). Actual pro rata salary £20,197.44 to £21,093.75

Family Support Worker job summary

Family Support Worker

We are looking for a compassionate and dedicated Family Support Worker to join our school community. You will play a vital role in supporting our students and their families, helping to break down barriers to learning and ensuring every child has the opportunity to thrive. This rewarding role combines practical support with building meaningful relationships that make a real difference to the lives of children and families.

We would love to strengthen our effective Team with someone who has the ability to be flexible within a fast paced environment, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to adapt to new systems and processes.

We would like to appoint someone who can interact positively with our parents/carers, students, staff and visitors to the school, and who can demonstrate a firm commitment to supporting and developing every child.

In return:

We invest in and support our aspirant and highly skilled staff, making it easy to access opportunities for continued professional development

Our safe and nurturing environment enables staff to thrive

We are a collaborative team working across the school and with wider Trust colleagues - sharing ideas, spreading best practice, supporting and challenging, and bringing out our very best.

The school was accredited as World Class in July 2021 and as such, we are committed to providing a world-class education for every student through a well-designed and balanced curriculum. Our established culture provides a calm, safe and stimulating learning environment.

Ethical leadership is at the core of all decision making at Southfield. Staff are valued, treated with respect and afforded a diverse range of opportunities that come with professional trust. We place significant emphasis on working collegiately as a staff to share our expertise and subsequently enhance the learning experience with our students. Every member of the staff is involved in a variety of professional learning programmes. With our Trust growing, we are likely to have many more career development opportunities coming up in future.

We would like the successful applicant to start as soon as possible.

To apply for this role, please visit https://mynewterm.com/jobs/136976/EDV-2026-SSG-66403

Closing date for applications: 9.00am, Monday, 9th February 2026. Provisional interview dates week commencing 9th February 2026.

If this role attracts sufficient interest before closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised. If you want more info about the role, please contact us at recruitment@orbismat.com or 01536 513063

Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced DBS clearance. The school is committed to Equal Opportunities in Employment.

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

Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This means that we have a Child Protection Policy and procedures in place which we refer to in our prospectus. All staff (including supply staff, volunteers and governors) must ensure that they are aware of these procedures. Parents and carers are welcome to read the policy and other related policies to be found in the statutory information section.

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 Southfield School for Girls

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1197 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Southfield School for Girls website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/southfield-school-for-girls

Southfield School for Girls is a high performing girls school that admits boys to the sixth form.
Consistently in the top 5% in the country for Progress 8 scores we offer a rounded education where the 'whole' student is a top priority and academic excellence is matched by high quality pastoral care and excellent opportunities for every student to be outstanding both in and out of school.
A licensed DofE provider - we live what we teach.

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