Family Support Worker with Safeguarding Responsibilities

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Job title:        Family Support Worker with Safeguarding Responsibilities

Location:       Oak Tree School, Truro

Salary:         £25,415 per annum

Hours:         42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8am - 4.30pm

Contract:      Permanent, 52 weeks 

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Family Support Worker to join our close-knit team at Oak Tree School located in Truro.

About the role

Job Summary: The family support & liaison worker with safeguarding (inclusive of attendance concerns) responsibilities will play a vital role in promoting the well-being of students and families within the community. This position combines elements of family support, liaison work, safeguarding, and attendance monitoring to ensure that students receive the necessary support and guidance for their educational and personal development.

 Key Responsibilities: 

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with students and their families to understand their unique needs and challenges. 
• Provide emotional support, counselling, and guidance to families facing various issues, such as domestic violence, substance abuse, mental health concerns, or housing instability. 
• Assist families in accessing community resources and services to address their specific needs. 
• Consider and develop concepts such as training offers that can create lifelong change for the families we support.
• Work effectively in collaboration with the whole school team and current family support lead. 
• Act as a bridge between the school, students, families, and external agencies, ensuring effective communication and collaboration. 
• Attend meetings with parents, teachers, counsellors, and other professionals to discuss student progress, challenges, and support plans

About us

Oak Tree School in Truro has recently expanded and developed two new buildings and undergone a successful inspection from Ofsted allowing us to offer a wider age range of pupils from 5 – 18 years the opportunity to have the best education possible. Oak Tree School is a specialist SEMH provision positioned near the city of Truro in Cornwall. The school provides full-time specialist co-education for up to 135 pupils and young people aged 5 to 18 who experience social, emotional, mental health, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviours. These pupils and young people often cannot cope, function or achieve within a mainstream environment. The aim is to provide a structured, nurturing approach, with pupils accessing a broad, balanced and engaging curriculum to meet their significant needs.

This opportunity is in Truro which is within commutable distance of Redruth, St Austell and surrounding areas.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

At Outcomes First Group we are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 

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