Family Support Worker

The Godolphin Junior Academy, Slough, SL1 3HS

85 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  31 December 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 October 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: £15,207.00 - £17,913.00 Annually (Actual)

Family Support Worker job summary

Family Support Worker

Salary: £15,207 - £17,913

Grade: 5, SCP 13 - 23

Work Pattern: term time + 5 inset days - (39 weeks per annum)

Hours: 21 hours per week - 3 days per week

Contract: Permanent

Start Date: As soon as possible

This is an exciting opportunity to work at The Godolphin Junior Academy, a warm and vibrant multi-cultural junior school based in Slough. Our well behaved children are eager and keen to learn and grow.

The academy is part of The Park Federation Academy Trust, allowing us to benefit from a wealth of expertise across our academies, as well as enabling us to provide opportunities for sharing of good practice and high quality training. Candidates with experience and knowledge of safeguarding support and Early Help for families.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic professional, who has high expectations of themselves

We are looking for individuals who:

Has experience of supporting young people

Will be proactive, positive, calm and flexible

Has high expectations of yourself and the children you work with

Has excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills

are self-motivated and able to work from their own initiative

• Will be committed to working as part of a team.

We are able to offer:

the opportunity to work with other professional colleagues across the Multi-Academy Trust;

extensive support and CPD;

a welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff team;

an ambitious and dynamic Senior leadership Team;

a dedicated Governing Body;

an employee assistance programme (EAP)

We warmly welcome candidates coming to visit the school prior to application.

We do not accept CVs.

Interviews: as and when we receive successful applicants

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check with a check of the DBS Barred List.

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 The Godolphin Junior Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Godolphin Junior Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-godolphin-junior-academy

The Godolphin Junior Academy is a large, four-four entry junior school in Slough.
Slough can be easily reached from the M40, M4and M25 and is only a twenty
minute train journey from London Paddington. We are one of 8 academies in the The Park Federation Academy Trust which is led by our Dr Martin Young our Federation Principal.

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