Family Support Worker (Safeguarding and Attendance Responsibilities)
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 July 2025 |
| Location: | Walsall, West Midlands, WV12 4EG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | df46990d-2c2a-4cc2-9755-f4b45e21325d |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
New Leaf School is seeking to recruit a skilled and enthusiastic
Family Support Worker
(Safeguarding and Attendance Responsibilities)
Grade 7 (SCP 22 - 27)
35 Hours per week, Term Time Only
New Leaf School is a Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) serving the whole borough of Walsall. All pupils attend New Leaf following permanent exclusion from a mainstream school; many pupils might have a range of needs including social and emotional difficulties which can often impact upon their learning. Consequently, the ability to engage with challenging and vulnerable learners is an essential part of this job. Our mission is to ensure that each young person leaves New Leaf on the correct pathway to be able to fulfil their best educational outcomes and life chances.
New Leaf School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Suitability checks will be undertaken for any successful candidate in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2024) including identity, Right To Work, qualifications, prohibition check, two references and DBS check (enhanced).
Forms to be returned by the closing date shown below.
Closing date: Thursday 3rd July 2025
The school reserves the right to bring forward the closing date for applications if there are suitable applicants.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
What the school offers its staff
This is an exciting time to join New Leaf School. This is a fast paced and energetic environment, where all staff work together, with families, to improve the life chances of some of Walsall’s most vulnerable children.
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.
New Leaf School is seeking to recruit a skilled and enthusiastic
Family Support Worker
(Safeguarding and Attendance Responsibilities)
Grade 7 (SCP 22 - 27)
35 Hours per week, Term Time Only
New Leaf School is a Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) serving the whole borough of Walsall. All pupils attend New Leaf following permanent exclusion from a mainstream school; many pupils might have a range of needs including social and emotional difficulties which can often impact upon their learning. Consequently, the ability to engage with challenging and vulnerable learners is an essential part of this job. Our mission is to ensure that each young person leaves New Leaf on the correct pathway to be able to fulfil their best educational outcomes and life chances.
New Leaf School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Suitability checks will be undertaken for any successful candidate in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2024) including identity, Right To Work, qualifications, prohibition check, two references and DBS check (enhanced).
Forms to be returned by the closing date shown below.
Closing date: Thursday 3rd July 2025
The school reserves the right to bring forward the closing date for applications if there are suitable applicants.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
What the school offers its staff
This is an exciting time to join New Leaf School. This is a fast paced and energetic environment, where all staff work together, with families, to improve the life chances of some of Walsall’s most vulnerable children.
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.