FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER
| Ref | 192720 |
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| Number of Posts | 1 |
| Grade | Grade 6 SCP 11-19. |
| Salary | £25979 to £ 29777 Term time |
| Term | Full-time. |
| Perm / FTC | Permanent. |
| Required | (September 2024 ) . |
| Hours | 37.5 hours a week. |
| Closing Date | 05/07/2024. |
Job Description (72 KB)
- Location
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St Ignatius Catholic Primary School, Preston, St Ignatius' Square, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 1TT (195 on roll)
Tel: 01772 555252
School website: www.saint-ignatius.com - Summary
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The Governors are seeking to appoint a calm, positive and nurturing person to lead on day to day family support and deliver pastoral interventions to identified children. This role will include liaising with the Head teacher, Deputy headteacher and class teachers.
We have a dedicated office for our family support worker with a family room attached. Experience of supporting families is essential, training to deliver interventions can be organised. Start time will be 8am, to finish at 4.30pm however, there may need to be some flexibility to meet the needs of our children and their families. A clean driving license is essential as you may accompany parents to meetings and will be expected to attend meetings. Training will also be organised for the role of Designated safeguarding lead.
Visits to the school are welcomed.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form attached.
- Essential Experience
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Working with children or families in a supporting setting.
- Desirable Experience
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Has previous experience of working with children and young adults.
Has experience of working in a team.
Has experience of all aspects of child protection.
Is confident and proactive.
Has excellent organisational skills.
- For an informal discussion please contact:
- Contact the school office 01772 555252.
- Proposed Interview Date:
- 10/07/2024
- Equal Opportunities statement
- An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community
- Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.
Additional Info
Applications and further details are available from/returnable to
| Address: | Application Forms to be returned to the head@st-ignatius.lancs.sch.uk |
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The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.
Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.