Family Worker

Middleton Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK10 9EN

35 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  2nd February 2026

• Closing date

  6 January 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  1 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,648.00 - £27,719.00 Annually (Actual)

Family Worker job summary

Middleton Primary School is seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate and skilled Family Worker to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with children, families and school staff to help remove barriers to learning and ensure every child thrives.

The successful candidate will be flexible, caring and committed to providing high-quality support. You will play a key role in safeguarding, attendance and pastoral care, working alongside our Senior Leadership Team and wider staff to deliver impactful, child-centred support.

Middleton Primary School can offer you:

Dedicated training and ongoing professional development

A supportive and experienced leadership team

Children with exceptional behaviour and positive attitudes to learning

A beautiful school environment with excellent facilities

Opportunities for career progression across our Trust

A collaborative, nurturing and forward-thinking staff culture

Key Responsibilities:

• Acting as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (full training provided)
• Providing regular pastoral support for identified pupils
• Delivering responsive, restorative check-ins following incidents or emotional distress
• Supporting children and families with mental health needs, including completing referrals
• Liaising with the local Family Centre
• Leading parent coffee mornings and family support events
• Conducting pastoral interventions and structured pupil support sessions
• Managing daily attendance concerns, identifying barriers and implementing early intervention
• Carrying out joint home welfare checks with the SLT where required
• Delivering therapeutic sessions and social story groups
• Leading Pupil Premium champion work
• Completing Early Help referrals
• Supporting safeguarding administration and maintaining accurate records

For further information please contact the school by email at office@middletonschool.org.

Or see our school website where application forms are available, www.middletonschool.org.

Middleton Primary School, Noon Layer Drive, Middleton, Milton Keynes MK10 9EN

Tel: 01908 604851

Closing date for applications is 10am on: Tuesday 6th January 2026

Interviews to be held on: Friday 9th January 2026

Middleton Primary School is committed to safeguarding children.

Applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check

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 Middleton Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 631 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Middleton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/middleton-primary-school-mk10-9en

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