Family Support Worker and Safeguarding Team Member
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 11 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 3FH |
| Cwmni: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | ec99a00e-2b59-49c4-839c-a6825cb5dbde |
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What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a person who:
• Can make supportive and strategic decisions for pupils and parents across the school with confidence.
Including, but not limited to:
- Supporting parents
- Attending Child Protection Conferences and other meetings
- Delivering Family Support Plans
- Providing lunchtime support for vulnerable pupils
- Delivering parenting workshops
- Working closely with the school’s ELSA and Safeguarding Team
- Leading difficult and honest communications with parents and other agencies
• Understand the need for maintaining strict confidentiality at all times.
• Offer emotional and practical support to parents/carers, children and families by building trusting relationships.
• Work alongside agencies to assess the needs of families referred for support.
• Keep high quality records and assist with the preparation of reports.
• Act as a point of contact for families in need of support.
• Provide pastoral support to children.
• Encourage children to interact and engage with activities and learning and develop children’s confidence and self-esteem.
• Is reflective in their practice and dedicated to continually developing themselves and others.
• Can work collaboratively with other leaders to make decisions.
• Understands the need to be flexible in approach and react appropriately to last-minute changes.
• Is able to support teachers and teaching assistants with emergencies that arise.
• Has excellent communication skills and can use these with all stakeholders, including parents.
• Has excellent organisational skills and can use these to prioritise tasks.
• Has an unwavering commitment to improving the life chances of all pupils.
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer;
• A dynamic and enthusiastic Senior Leadership and Safeguarding Team who are continuously striving to achieve the best for our pupils.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Personalised development opportunities.
• A warm and friendly team who work together to support each other.
• A supportive Academy Trust (Equinox Learning Trust), with a Central Team committed to providing the best working environment.
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.
We are looking for a person who:
• Can make supportive and strategic decisions for pupils and parents across the school with confidence.
Including, but not limited to:
- Supporting parents
- Attending Child Protection Conferences and other meetings
- Delivering Family Support Plans
- Providing lunchtime support for vulnerable pupils
- Delivering parenting workshops
- Working closely with the school’s ELSA and Safeguarding Team
- Leading difficult and honest communications with parents and other agencies
• Understand the need for maintaining strict confidentiality at all times.
• Offer emotional and practical support to parents/carers, children and families by building trusting relationships.
• Work alongside agencies to assess the needs of families referred for support.
• Keep high quality records and assist with the preparation of reports.
• Act as a point of contact for families in need of support.
• Provide pastoral support to children.
• Encourage children to interact and engage with activities and learning and develop children’s confidence and self-esteem.
• Is reflective in their practice and dedicated to continually developing themselves and others.
• Can work collaboratively with other leaders to make decisions.
• Understands the need to be flexible in approach and react appropriately to last-minute changes.
• Is able to support teachers and teaching assistants with emergencies that arise.
• Has excellent communication skills and can use these with all stakeholders, including parents.
• Has excellent organisational skills and can use these to prioritise tasks.
• Has an unwavering commitment to improving the life chances of all pupils.
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer;
• A dynamic and enthusiastic Senior Leadership and Safeguarding Team who are continuously striving to achieve the best for our pupils.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Personalised development opportunities.
• A warm and friendly team who work together to support each other.
• A supportive Academy Trust (Equinox Learning Trust), with a Central Team committed to providing the best working environment.
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.