Family Support Worker
| Posting date: | 03 October 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 October 2024 |
| Location: | Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6AL |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | fb4c75b3-1e6a-4c58-b048-fb20f0a5fa1a-5 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Chellow Heights Special School would like to appoint a Family Support Worker to work with families, parents/carers and engage them in the learning process to support their child’s placement at Chellow Heights Special School. The successful candidate will be an outstanding practitioner with passion and commitment to make a difference.
The post holder will strengthen links between the school, parents, families and the wider community in order to reduce the impact of disability and disadvantage on educational attainment.
Key duties will include;
• Acting as a point of contact in school for families in need of support.
• To help identify, and address the needs of children and families who need help to overcome barriers to learning
• To help families in the support of their child’s learning and well-being
• To reduce school absence levels for key vulnerable pupils.
• To develop the social, emotional and health development of pupils at the school and for their families.
Please read the following notes before completing the application form. If you require assistance with this form please contact the school.
Please note: We do not accept CV’s.
As we follow Safeguarding regulations, all gaps in employed must be explained.
Read ALL enclosed information, particularly the Job Description and Personnel Specification before completing the form.
Give all the information you can about yourself and tell us why you think you are suitable for the job.Please indicate how you meet the requirements of the Personnel Specification in the specific sections provided on this form.
You must provide at least TWO referees, one of which must be your present or most recent employer.If you have not previously been employed, give the name of someone who knows you well.Please do not give the name of a relative.
The personnel specification describes the job requirements on which the short listing and selection decision will be based.To be selected for an appointment you must be able to show that you meet all the ‘essential’ requirements for the post.The very best candidates are most likely to also meet the ‘desirable’ criteria. To ensure that the short-listing panel can make a proper assessment of your suitability for the post, please ensure that the application shows how you meet the requirements set out in the personnel specification.
What the school offers its staff
Mission Statement:
At Chellow Heights we are working towards our goal of providing an outstanding, world class educational provision and an exciting, specialist learning environment.
We endeavour to use innovative solutions and specialist technology to develop new ways to support children and families through research and development in order to tackle the challenges facing learners, families, staff, and communities in a modern society.
As such, we will be fulfilling the wider Bradford Vision for special schools of education, co‑location, co‑operation.
Our Purpose;
Is to enable learners to be happy, healthy and enjoy life, to develop as fully as possible their self help, independence, communication and social skills to be confident and able to make decisions and achieve personal goals. We will do this through a learning environment which enables everyone to feel safe, secure, valued and happy.
Our Values;
Inclusive, challenging, holistic, patience, tolerance, innovation, confidentiality, curiosity, dignity.
Our approach is;
Inclusive, challenging, holistic, compassionate, professional, encouraging, consistent, energetic, happy, innovative.
Awards;
We are very proud to have gained a number of awards for our work in school.
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.
Chellow Heights Special School would like to appoint a Family Support Worker to work with families, parents/carers and engage them in the learning process to support their child’s placement at Chellow Heights Special School. The successful candidate will be an outstanding practitioner with passion and commitment to make a difference.
The post holder will strengthen links between the school, parents, families and the wider community in order to reduce the impact of disability and disadvantage on educational attainment.
Key duties will include;
• Acting as a point of contact in school for families in need of support.
• To help identify, and address the needs of children and families who need help to overcome barriers to learning
• To help families in the support of their child’s learning and well-being
• To reduce school absence levels for key vulnerable pupils.
• To develop the social, emotional and health development of pupils at the school and for their families.
Please read the following notes before completing the application form. If you require assistance with this form please contact the school.
Please note: We do not accept CV’s.
As we follow Safeguarding regulations, all gaps in employed must be explained.
Read ALL enclosed information, particularly the Job Description and Personnel Specification before completing the form.
Give all the information you can about yourself and tell us why you think you are suitable for the job.Please indicate how you meet the requirements of the Personnel Specification in the specific sections provided on this form.
You must provide at least TWO referees, one of which must be your present or most recent employer.If you have not previously been employed, give the name of someone who knows you well.Please do not give the name of a relative.
The personnel specification describes the job requirements on which the short listing and selection decision will be based.To be selected for an appointment you must be able to show that you meet all the ‘essential’ requirements for the post.The very best candidates are most likely to also meet the ‘desirable’ criteria. To ensure that the short-listing panel can make a proper assessment of your suitability for the post, please ensure that the application shows how you meet the requirements set out in the personnel specification.
What the school offers its staff
Mission Statement:
At Chellow Heights we are working towards our goal of providing an outstanding, world class educational provision and an exciting, specialist learning environment.
We endeavour to use innovative solutions and specialist technology to develop new ways to support children and families through research and development in order to tackle the challenges facing learners, families, staff, and communities in a modern society.
As such, we will be fulfilling the wider Bradford Vision for special schools of education, co‑location, co‑operation.
Our Purpose;
Is to enable learners to be happy, healthy and enjoy life, to develop as fully as possible their self help, independence, communication and social skills to be confident and able to make decisions and achieve personal goals. We will do this through a learning environment which enables everyone to feel safe, secure, valued and happy.
Our Values;
Inclusive, challenging, holistic, patience, tolerance, innovation, confidentiality, curiosity, dignity.
Our approach is;
Inclusive, challenging, holistic, compassionate, professional, encouraging, consistent, energetic, happy, innovative.
Awards;
We are very proud to have gained a number of awards for our work in school.
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.