Family Support Worker

Streethay Primary School, Lichfield, WS13 8FT

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Sept 2023

• Closing date

  12 June 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 May 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support, cover supervisor or tutor
• Working pattern:
  • Part time - 20 hours, 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 5 (SCP 16-20) £21,968 - £23,194
• Actual salary: £10,304.37-£10,879.44

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you passionate about enabling every child and their family achieving their very best by overcoming barriers?

To support the growth of our school we are looking to recruit a Family Support Worker. The Family Support Worker's primary role will be to offer help to students and their families with any difficulties that they may be facing. The Family support worker will need to be aligned with the safeguarding team and be able to effectively communicate with them to provide the best and safest outcomes for all learners.

As the family support worker, you will need to be able to quickly build up positive relationships with pupils and their guardians as well as form strong bonds with local organisations and educational settings.

Relevant experience of working in a pastoral support role or with families is essential, however this may have come outside of an educational setting.

Streethay Primary School is a growing school at the heart of a new community in Lichfield. The school has been built as part of a large residential development and opened in September 2019. We are a small team with big ambitions; aiming to provide the best education locally and be known for our innovative approach. We are an inclusive and welcoming community aiming to nurture, inspire and prepare our children.

What the school offers its staff

The Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (36 days holiday rising to 38 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
• Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health
• Cycle to work scheme

• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

Colleagues within the Trust benefit from:

Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQML.

• High quality subject and thematic networks across the Trust and the region.
• Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trust’s Teaching School, Research School, Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participating in peer reviews.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.

Applying for the job

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Upload additional documents

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SET-Official Recruitment-Brochure - Feb 2023.pdf - 4.11 MB (opens in new tab)

Guidance Notes for Candidates 2023.pdf - 215 KB (opens in new tab)

Streethay - G5 Family Support Worker - Job Advert - May 2023.pdf - 154 KB (opens in new tab)

G5 Family Support Worker - JD-PS.pdf - 187 KB (opens in new tab)

About Streethay Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 105 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Streethay Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: natalie.turner@shaw-education.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/streethay-primary-school (opens in new tab)

A new free school in Lichfield which opened in September 2019 for Nursery, Reception and Years 1 and 2, with the aim of growing year-on-year up to Year 6. As part of the Shaw Education Trust family, Streethay benefits from tried-and-tested ways of working, experience and expertise further enabling this new all-ability school to value diversity, innovation and excellence. For more information or to register a place for your child, please visit the school website.

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