Pathfinder Early Help Practitioner

Highters Heath Community School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 4LY

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 July 2026

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: £27,254.00 - £30,518.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3 £27,254 - £30,518 pro rata (Actual Salary £21,218 per annum)

Pathfinder Early Help Practitioner job summary

Are you passionate about helping children and their families? Can you make a difference? We need you! We are looking for an experience Family Support Worker to work with Birmingham Pathfinder based in Highters Heath Community School.

Highters Heath is based in Warstock in Birmingham in an area of high deprivation. It is a wonderful school full of wonderful people who all work together to achieve the very best outcomes for our children and families. Highters Heath has been on a journey of rapid school improvement and is a lovely place to work so if you are highly motivated and passionate about achieving the very best for pupils, we would like to hear from you!

As the Pathfinder Early Help Practitioner, you will play a pivotal role in supporting and guiding our students towards achieving their full potential. The core purpose of the role is to work within the Pathfinder Early Help approach, with the support and supervision of a Pathfinder Coordinator and, alongside teachers and wider pastoral team in schools, addressing the needs of children and their families who need help to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside the school, in order to flourish.

We are looking for someone to join us who:

Can collaborate with teachers/co-ordinators and SLT to devise and implement targeted interventions.

Holds a current DSL certificate or is committed to obtaining this.

Has a firm knowledge of safeguarding and the various agencies that can support children and families.

Had experience of leading successful Early Help Plans.

Can build strong relationships with students, parents, and carers to provide the best possible support to enable them to flourish.

Has proven organisational skills and can be responsible for their own work patterns.

Demonstrates highly effective communication, interpersonal skills and is computer literate.

Is a team player with a great sense of humour.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Highters Heath Community School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 169 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highters-heath-community-school-birmingham

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