Family Support Worker 1 year FTC
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £25,598 i £27,776 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 24 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | OX28 4AX |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | The Henry Box School |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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Job Description
Job title: Family Support Worker – Learner Engagement
Contract: 1 year FTC form 1st January 2026
Reporting to: School Leader: Learner Engagement
Manager/Supervises: None
Salary: Grade 7
Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, Term Time Only (part time hours may be considered). Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm Wednesday 8am-3.30pm
Disclosure Level: Enhanced
Job Purpose:
To work as part of the Learner Engagement Team to manage and work with identified students in
Years 7-11 for whom aspects of the standard curriculum may not be appropriate. As a Family
Support Worker, you will work preventatively with vulnerable and/or disadvantaged families and
children and the school to provide early intervention, signposting support and guidance.
Liaising with:
School Leaders, SENCO, Student Support Workers and relevant staff with cross-school
responsibilities, external agencies, employers, FE providers
Main Roles:
Supervise the learning of students that are educated by way of an alternative curriculum.
Support teaching staff with students at risk of disengaging from their education and help students and their families appreciate the relevance of education
Work closely with external agencies including social workers and alternative provision providers to support a student’s learning
Work closely with other Family Support Workers and the Learner Engagement Team to support students in their education, especially the most vulnerable.
Contribute to the development of alternative curriculum provision
Support and encourage students’ learning, independence and improve self-confidence through mentoring and observation
Help students acquire skills they may use when they leave school
Regular liaison/visits to Alternative Provision settings/work experience placements
Maintaining regular contact between the school and home as appropriate, establishing constructive links with families/carers, exchanging information, keeping parents informed and facilitating support for their child
To encourage communication between the school and family, and to ensure good communication with, and between, colleagues in the school. Encourage and support parents to attend meetings in school
To help families/children access other services, grants and information, working closely with other agencies ensuring that follow-up work is done and all concerned are well informed
To help improve family relationships and be available for families, especially in crisis situations, and short-term assistance, working closely with the school’s Safeguarding Lead and Social Workers
To carry out home visits to support families/children, providing outreach support to families in line with the school priorities and needs that the school have identified
Promote healthy living and supporting liaison with medical professionals where required
Ensuring that record keeping in relation to individual casework and team activities is maintained to the required standard.
Responsibilities:
Liaise with colleagues and families to accurately assess students’ intervention needs
Liaise with external agencies, e.g. Adventure Plus, Abingdon and Witney College
Attend and lead meetings with external agencies including social workers and early help workers
Lead and maintain EdLounge provision (online learning) as part of the alternative curriculum offer
Monitor attendance, behaviour, learning and progress of students receiving alternative provision and set targets for improvement on a daily/weekly basis
Regularly provide feedback to House Leaders relating to attendance, behaviour and progress of students receiving alternative provision
Liaise with other Family Support Workers around wider support, including attendance interventions and behaviour support
Establish and develop links with local community, e.g. with local employers
Communicate and work with families to offer support and guidance as appropriate
Mentor students
Complete student progress reviews
Be aware of, and comply with, policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person
Maintain the highest personal standards through participating in continuing professional development including adhering to the principle of performance management
To adhere to the ethos of the School and the Trust
To promote the agreed vision and aims of the School and the Trust
To set an example of personal integrity and professionalism
Attendance at appropriate staff meetings and parents’ evenings
Any other duties as commensurate within the grade in order to ensure that the smooth running of the school
Job title: Family Support Worker – Learner Engagement
Contract: 1 year FTC form 1st January 2026
Reporting to: School Leader: Learner Engagement
Manager/Supervises: None
Salary: Grade 7
Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, Term Time Only (part time hours may be considered). Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm Wednesday 8am-3.30pm
Disclosure Level: Enhanced
Job Purpose:
To work as part of the Learner Engagement Team to manage and work with identified students in
Years 7-11 for whom aspects of the standard curriculum may not be appropriate. As a Family
Support Worker, you will work preventatively with vulnerable and/or disadvantaged families and
children and the school to provide early intervention, signposting support and guidance.
Liaising with:
School Leaders, SENCO, Student Support Workers and relevant staff with cross-school
responsibilities, external agencies, employers, FE providers
Main Roles:
Supervise the learning of students that are educated by way of an alternative curriculum.
Support teaching staff with students at risk of disengaging from their education and help students and their families appreciate the relevance of education
Work closely with external agencies including social workers and alternative provision providers to support a student’s learning
Work closely with other Family Support Workers and the Learner Engagement Team to support students in their education, especially the most vulnerable.
Contribute to the development of alternative curriculum provision
Support and encourage students’ learning, independence and improve self-confidence through mentoring and observation
Help students acquire skills they may use when they leave school
Regular liaison/visits to Alternative Provision settings/work experience placements
Maintaining regular contact between the school and home as appropriate, establishing constructive links with families/carers, exchanging information, keeping parents informed and facilitating support for their child
To encourage communication between the school and family, and to ensure good communication with, and between, colleagues in the school. Encourage and support parents to attend meetings in school
To help families/children access other services, grants and information, working closely with other agencies ensuring that follow-up work is done and all concerned are well informed
To help improve family relationships and be available for families, especially in crisis situations, and short-term assistance, working closely with the school’s Safeguarding Lead and Social Workers
To carry out home visits to support families/children, providing outreach support to families in line with the school priorities and needs that the school have identified
Promote healthy living and supporting liaison with medical professionals where required
Ensuring that record keeping in relation to individual casework and team activities is maintained to the required standard.
Responsibilities:
Liaise with colleagues and families to accurately assess students’ intervention needs
Liaise with external agencies, e.g. Adventure Plus, Abingdon and Witney College
Attend and lead meetings with external agencies including social workers and early help workers
Lead and maintain EdLounge provision (online learning) as part of the alternative curriculum offer
Monitor attendance, behaviour, learning and progress of students receiving alternative provision and set targets for improvement on a daily/weekly basis
Regularly provide feedback to House Leaders relating to attendance, behaviour and progress of students receiving alternative provision
Liaise with other Family Support Workers around wider support, including attendance interventions and behaviour support
Establish and develop links with local community, e.g. with local employers
Communicate and work with families to offer support and guidance as appropriate
Mentor students
Complete student progress reviews
Be aware of, and comply with, policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person
Maintain the highest personal standards through participating in continuing professional development including adhering to the principle of performance management
To adhere to the ethos of the School and the Trust
To promote the agreed vision and aims of the School and the Trust
To set an example of personal integrity and professionalism
Attendance at appropriate staff meetings and parents’ evenings
Any other duties as commensurate within the grade in order to ensure that the smooth running of the school