Parent Family Support Advisor

Avalon School, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PS

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 August 2025

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: G12

Parent Family Support Advisor job summary

Avalon School is seeking to appoint a dedicated, patient and adaptable PFSA for 20 hours per week. This role will be all year round, to start as soon as possible on a permanent contract. This is a Grade 12 Post.

Avalon School is a small secondary special school based in Street, Somerset and supports the education and care for young people aged between 11 and 19 years. Avalon school is part of the Polden Bower & Avalon Federation.

The post of PFSA will involve working in a variety of settings, including schools, the community and family homes. The postholder will work directly with young people and their families and will work to make a positive impact on their lives. Multi-agency working will be at the core of this work, but the ability to work independently is essential. There will be a requirement to work with families across our partnership of schools. The successful candidate will:

• Be prepared to work with children and families within their homes and other venues.
• 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 children and young people with complex needs.
• Be able to work both collaboratively within a team and independently.
• Be able to identify unmet needs and risks surrounding pupils and respond to them appropriately, in accordance with local area safeguarding policies and guidance.

• In addition, you will need to be:

  • Sensitive and empathetic
  • Have patience, flexibility, a sense of humour and be resilient
  • Understand the challenges our families face
  • Have a good multi-agency network in which to gain support for families
  • Able to lead training and workshops for families
  • Have a clean driving license and be prepared to drive your own vehicle

  In return the school will offer the successful candidate:

  • Full induction programme and ongoing professional development
    
  • Supportive staff team
    
  • ‘My staff shop’ benefits which include Cycle to Work scheme
    
  • Onsite subsidised café (at Polden Bower School)
    
  • Provision of free tea/coffee for staff
    
  • Information on wellbeing approaches and access to support services
    
  • Access to Occupational Health Service

  Enquiries and visits are warmly welcomed, please contact Jo Stamford on 01278 496386.

  Avalon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical clearance proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references.

  Following the acceptance of your interview, an online check will be carried out as detailed in the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines

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.

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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 Avalon School

• School type: Special school, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 73 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Avalon School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/avalon-school

Avalon is a Specialist School for students aged 11-19 situated in the town of Street. Our school vision is ‘Learning for Life’ – together with our parents and the learners themselves - we aim to teach skills for the whole of life.
Avalon school is committed to developing the skills of all staff and offer a rich CPD programme. Successful candidates will join a friendly and supportive team of staff who are committed to achieving high standards for all pupils.

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