Parent and Family Support Advisor
Crispin School Academy, Street, Somerset, BA16 0AD19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £19,497
What skills and experience we're looking for
Educational Achievements, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- 5 GCSEs or equivalent (Grade A*-C) including Maths and English
- A commitment to continuing professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of a further qualification, professional development, or training
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of knowledge within safeguarding, child development and behaviours
- Experience of working in education, children’s social care or similar environment
- Experience of working with a range of partners and stakeholders
- Experience of writing, contributing, and reviewing of relevant documentation
- Experience of holistic practices within family settings with positive outcomes
Desirable
- Good understanding of the education sector
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to use initiative and prioritise work
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Flexible and adaptable within a fast-paced, changing environment
- Excellent time management and skilled at working under pressure to meet deadlines
- Confidence in assessing family and learner need and instigating multi-agency collaboration
Desirable
- Strong IT skills, including MS Office
Personal Qualities
Essential
- High professional and personal standards
- Respect for young people and their needs and passionate about enhancing opportunities
- Demonstrate resilience, high level of motivation and ‘can do’ attitude
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Good sense of humour
Desirable
- Demonstrate experience of building excellent working and professional relationships
Other
- Comply with safer recruitment checks including enhanced DBS
- Full driving license
- A commitment to supporting the Trust’s agenda for safeguarding and to promoting the welfare of all young people
- The ability to speak fluent English
What the school offers its staff
It is an exciting time to join the Wessex family as we grow, we can offer:
- Professional induction, training and continued professional development opportunities.
- Extended Leadership and other opportunities to develop your career.
- Excellent collaboration across Trust Schools, extensive learning communities and specialist subject leads, to enhance the learning of our young people and enhance your development.
- Staff benefits including reduced leisure centre membership and cycle to work scheme.
- A staff assistance programme with a specialist provider, CareFirst who provide a 24/7 free phone helpline, or face-to-face counselling for every employee in the Wessex family.
The Wessex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding young people and promoting the welfare of children, and all staff appointed will undergo online checks and be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement of the role.
Commitment to safeguarding
Crispin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post requires a criminal background check via the disclosure procedure. The successful applicant will therefore be subject to an Enhanced DBS.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement of the role.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Crispin School Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1052 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Crispin School Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- headspa@crispinschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01458442714
Crispin is a popular school with a strong reputation. We unashamedly have high expectations of all members of our community and we believe in challenging and supporting students to achieve their very best. Visitors regularly refer to our students and colleagues very positively. Relationships between staff and students are a strength of the school and colleagues are committed to providing every opportunity for students to have a broad experience and to be successful. We are committed to educating the whole child to ensure they enter adulthood as happy, supported young people with a love for learning. There is a sharp focus on learning and students receive excellent support. At all times we seek to be a compassionate institution.
It is important to state that Crispin has a very strong safeguarding culture which we would expect potential colleagues to wholeheartedly support.
We have a wide-ranging curriculum and have recently expanded the opportunities for students. We offer two Languages, a range of Arts and Technology options and have recently introduced new examination courses in areas such as Business, Engineering, Health and Social Care and Sport. Students have the opportunity to study Philosophy and our popular new course, Curriculum for Life. We have a high uptake of EBacc subjects but this sits alongside a commitment for students to retain a considerable degree of choice over which courses to follow. There are also a wide range of enrichment activities for students ranging from residential visits to school productions; sports to music; an enrichment week to work experience. We have recently expanded our ‘Employability’ programme considerably and we are also fortunate to have a successful Alumni Scheme.
We are proud of our vertical House system which is comprised of four Houses (Corvus, Falco, Sturnus and Tyto). This system allows for a wide range of opportunities for students from collaboration to competition, student leadership to support. All colleagues are members of one of the Houses.
We are fortunate to have a well-equipped site which includes extensive grounds, a range of curriculum area blocks and an astroturf pitch. We are also extremely fortunate to have opened a new purpose-built Innovation Hub in November 2020. This has been the most substantial development of the site since the opening of Crispin.
Crispin is due to become part of the Wessex Learning Trust on 1 March 2023. We have already been working closely with the Trust and this will offer a range of opportunities for the successful candidate.
Arranging a visit to Crispin School Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email headspa@crispinschool.co.uk.
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