Family Support Worker

Salary: NJC 12 - 15 £25,119 - £27,803 FTE (actual salary: £21,510 - £23,809)

Hours: 37 hours a week, 39 weeks per year (term time only)

Immediate start

Fixed term until August 2025

You can make a difference to a child's life every day.
We are looking for a Family Support Worker to deliver information, advice and support to parents and carers of children and young people.

How will you help?
You will be directly working with a group of 50 Afghan children who have recently relocated to nearby Beachley Barracks (from families who worked with the UK government in Afghanistan; now in the country through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy) along with others. This group of students makes up a third of our pupil numbers. You will play a crucial role in supporting our children and families to overcome challenges and achieve their full potential whilst at our school.

You will:

• Have experience of working with young people, ideally those from diverse backgrounds;
• Be resilient and take pride in helping students who sometimes find school life challenging;
• Be flexible, positive and have a 'can-do' attitude.

We can offer you:

• A positive, community-driven school where high morale and low turnover have contributed to rapid improvements in attainment and progress.
• Happy, enthusiastic and well-behaved children.
• A leadership team who welcomes fresh ideas and sees the retention of colleagues as a high priority.
• Well-supported teachers who are committed to driving high standards.

Offa's Mead Primary Academy a small, friendly primary school with 150 students located in Gloucestershire. We have excellent local links as we are situated a mile outside of Chepstow and within commutable distance of both Bristol and Wales. Approximately a third of our pupils are from military families as we serve nearby Beachley Barracks.

Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

Our mission:

• We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
• With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
• We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.

The role is due to commence as soon as possible. This is a fixed term position until August 2025.

Closing date: 14 October 2024

Lift Schools is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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