Family Worker
Ramridge Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9AH22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
22nd April 2025
Closing date
23 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,236.00 - £29,882.00 Annually (Actual)
Family Worker job summary
About this Role
Ramridge Primary School, "Where Each Child Shines", is a Values accredited school which has a positive and welcoming environment and was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in its last inspection (April 2022).
We are looking to recruit a passionate and committed Family Worker to join our friendly school team.
The hours are 8.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. Monday – Thursday, 8.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. on a Friday, term time only. As part of professional development there will be a requirement to attend occasional training days and other training as appropriate.
As a Family Worker, the successful candidate will work closely with parent, carers and children to help overcome any barriers they are facing, whether inside or outside school. This will involve maintaining regular communication, putting interventions in place, and liaising with relevant staff and professionals to ensure parents and carers are consistently engaged in pupils’ development and progress and pupils’ wellbeing is supported. Part of this work will involve planning, supporting and leading family faced activities, in addition to working directly with our children.
We can offer you:
- The opportunity to work in an innovative, supportive and happy school community
- Enthusiastic and well-behaved pupils who are keen to learn
- A well-resourced and attractive school within a well maintained and stimulating environment
- High quality induction and staff professional development
- A progressive and forward-thinking school, that reflects our passion and commitment to our children and families
- Free Breakfast and After School Club for your child/ren if they attend Ramridge Primary
- Free parking in the school staff car park
- Access to an Employee Assistance programme
We are looking for someone who:
- Will be a good role model to our pupils
- Has good literacy and numeracy skills
- Is patient and caring
- Has high expectations combined with a professional approach
- Works well in a team
- Is enthusiastic, flexible and hard-working
- Is pro-active and able to work on their own initiative
- Is open to new challenges
For further information about our school please visit www.ramridge.co.uk
Applicants for this public-facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse and provide effective help or advice, fluently in spoken English.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
CVs will only be accepted alongside a completed application form. Please contact the School Business Manager if you need assistance.
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 are not accepted.
About Ramridge Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 468 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ramridge Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Ramridge Primary School is a ‘Values’ based school where attributes and values such as honesty, respect, unity, trust and understanding are woven into the curriculum and underpin our teaching and learning. Through the teaching and promotion of values, our aim is to provide the children with a range of core skills, which will help them during their time in school and also for the future so that they are able to make a positive contribution to the wider community.
We are proud of our school and the achievement of our pupils, this is reflected in the positive attitudes and behaviour of the pupils and also the commitment of the staff and governors at the school. We always look to improve further by providing learning experiences that are exciting, innovative and challenging for our pupils so that they become creative, independent thinkers. In addition to being very well resourced, our school provides an attractive, stimulating indoor and outdoor environment for pupils to learn and develop their skills.
We firmly believe that the relationship between home and school is vital for pupils to thrive and develop a love of learning alongside values for life. We work hard to nurture the involvement of parents and carers by providing a range of activities and events from the children's time in our Nursery through to the end of Key Stage 2.
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