Part time family worker

Wigmore Primary, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9TB

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  20 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 January 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: £11,694.00 Annually (Actual) Actual salary based on 15.5 hours per week, term time plus 5 inset days

Part time family worker job summary

The Orchard is a new SEMH service, based at Wigmore Primary School and serving the Eastern Partnership of Luton schools.

We are looking for a part-time Family Worker to play a key role in the lives of students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs.

The Family Worker will be at the heart of our SEMH Service, working closely with families and outside agencies, helping to ensure that we meet individual needs and improve students’ learning opportunities.

The position is primarily based at Wigmore Primary School however candidates applying for this role must be willing to travel around the Eastern area.

As a Family Worker, you will be welcomed into our supportive team to:

Work effectively with children and families in challenging circumstances

Utilise your experience to work with professionals from a number of Early Help agencies e.g. Family Partnership/MASH/Social Care

Represent the SEMH service and students, including those on the child protection register, at multi-agency meetings

Safeguard children and young people

Provide support to parents, carers and students in a tactful and objective way

Work flexibly and adapt quickly to change

Organise and manage your own time

Work effectively while under pressure

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Wigmore Primary

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 604 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Wigmore Primary website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wigmore-primary (opens in new tab)

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