Family Support Worker

Team Multi Academy Trust, Barnstaple, EX31 1JU

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  8 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 HPW / term time/ 39 weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: D

What skills and experience we're looking for

TEAM Multi Academy Trust is seeking to employ a skilled and motivated FSW to work with school-aged children and their families that require additional support. This post will involve working in a variety of settings, including in and across 9 schools, the community and family homes.

You will be working to support children across the trust and their families to make positive and sustainable change. Multi-agency working will be at the core of this work, but the ability to work independently is also essential.

The successful candidate will:

• Work within Devon's Early Help Framework to enable high-quality support for children/young people and families within North Devon at the earliest possible stage.
• Collaborate with schools, families and other support services in order to improve attendance, engagement and outcomes for children.
• Be able to demonstrate creativity and flexibility in their approach to engaging families, identifying family strengths, assessing their needs and supporting them to make sustainable, positive change
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and appropriately with pupils, their families and supporting professionals
• Have experience of working with and engaging school age children with complex needs

What the school offers its staff

If you would like to work and contribute to a Trust that is committed to providing children with outstanding learning experiences, aims to continually develop and grow, and where teamwork and the professional development of all staff is important, we would encourage you to apply.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team where you will be valued, welcomed, and supported within a friendly staff environment. Additional benefits include:

- Membership of a generous pension scheme (TP/ LGPS)

- Access to Medigold Occupational Health who provide our employees with a range of free health and wellbeing benefits including access to Thrive; a mental wellbeing app

- Free Seasonal Flu Vaccinations

- Cycle to work schemes

- Competitive Salary

- Wellbeing and Long Service days

- Free onsite car parking

TEAM Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS check will be undertaken and references taken up before interview. All shortlisted candidates are subject to a pre-employment online search prior to interview.

An application form should be fully completed; we do not accept CV’s.

We actively welcome visits to our schools. Should you have any further questions or wish to arrange a visit, please make contact with Director of Inclusion Beth Carter via vacancies@team-mat.org.uk

Full details and application form can be found on our website www.teamacademytrust.com

Applications should be hand delivered, posted or emailed to Sam Stobbs, via vacancies@team-mat.org.uk

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@team-mat.org.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Family Support Worker Advert @ TEAM MAT.pdf - 657 KB (opens in new tab)

FSW Job Description.pdf - 667 KB (opens in new tab)

About Team Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: vacancies@team-mat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/team-multi-academy-trust (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Team Multi Academy Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@team-mat.org.uk.

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