Parent Support Advisor

Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8PZ

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  14 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,267.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 7, Point 8

Parent Support Advisor job summary

Salary: Grade 7, Point 8: £20,267 per annum

Contract: Fixed Term until July 2026, 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)

Shaftesbury Primary School are seeking a highly organised and compassionate Parent Support Advisor to join our dedicated team. This is a rewarding role that provides vital support to parents and families within our school community.

This role will involve:

• Acting as the first point of contact for parents, offering advice and support in a friendly, professional manner.
• Working with families to help overcome barriers to learning, including attendance, behaviour and wellbeing challenges.
• Signposting parents to external agencies and community support where appropriate.
• Supporting the safeguarding and pastoral work of the school.

We’re Looking for Someone Who:

• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Is highly organised, reliable and able to manage a busy workload.
• Can build strong, positive relationships with children, families and staff.
• Has a caring, empathetic, and solution-focused approach.
• Brings experience in administration/family support.

For more information about our school, please click here view our careers page.

To find out more about the benefits of working for SAST, click here

Should you wish to arrange a visit to view the school, please do not hesitate to contact Jamie Paul, Office Manager at jamie.paul@shaftesburyprimary.co.uk who will be happy to arrange this.

SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

SAST recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. SAST values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment and at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010 SAST welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

This role is UK- based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

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

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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 Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 338 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shaftesbury-church-of-england-primary-school-shaftesbury

Shaftesbury CE Primary School is an exciting and innovative school. We are perched 215 metres above sea-level, riddled with history and a beautiful place to be! Our school is very much part of the local community - we have strong links with the Church; we have wonderful support from the Governing Body, parents, a band of volunteers from the community and our PTA. We are committed to excellence in education and aim to INSPIRE children’s imaginations through a range of engaging and challenging learning experiences within a Christian environment.

At Shaftesbury we truly believe in educating the whole child and giving the children as many opportunities and learning experiences as we possibly can in all subjects, whether they are creative, practical or sports as well as academic, so that we can equip them for life in our modern world.

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