Children and Family Support Worker

Woodfield Primary School is currently looking to recruit an outstanding, committed, and driven Children and Family Support Worker. The Children and Family Support Worker will need to be a flexible team player and have a passion for placing children at the heart of all decisions.

The successful candidate will have the ability to build good relationships between children and families, and will provide exceptional support to ensure children are equipped with essential tools to succeed in their education. 

Role purpose:

To support the overall Raising Achievement Plan and school priorities by supporting children and parents to engage and thrive in an academic environment.  To ensure that families are best able to support their children’s learning and that children are equipped with the tools to succeed in their education. To ensure that pupils are kept safe, and agencies are liaised with to ensure families remain safeguarded.

We are looking for Children and Family Support Worker who has:

• A proven ability to work within established school procedures, policies and approved methods
• Previous experience supporting children with of SEND and an understanding of the challenges that SEND children face
• Awareness of and compliance with, policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection
• Interpersonal and communication skills to establish contact and build relationships with children, parents, carers and families, establish useful links with local groups, agencies and organisations that work with families and provide advice or guidance to parents on parenting / child issues
• An ability to pass on clear, concise and factual information without bias through emotional stresses or strains
• IT literate and confident in word processing
• Sound working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Knowledge and experience of local and national safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Numeracy/Literacy skills equivalent to GCSE in English and Mathematics (Grade A-C)
• Knowledge and/or relevant experience of:
• The educational support needs of parents and families
• School based ethos and culture for inclusion

About the School

Woodfield Primary and Nursery is a one form entry school, for children between 2 and 12 years old, in the heart of the Whitleigh community. We have a fantastically committed team of staff who are supportive, compassionate and driven to achieve the very best for the children in our care.  At Woodfield, we use a relational approach in all our provision and practices to ensure that the environment is welcoming, inclusive and that everyone feels valued. We also have a wonderful outside space that enables us to provide a range of opportunities to enhance the learning.  

The Woodfield Way are the building blocks that represent all the areas that we believe are essential to support children to be successful.  

If you feel that you have the skills and attributes that would bring additional strengths to our team to ensure that children are ready to learn, aim high and achieve success we would love to hear from you.

About the Trust

The Learning Academies Trust is a family of 18 schools across Plymouth and surrounding areas, dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust’s mission is:

Together we will… work with our children, families, and communities to provide exceptional learning opportunities for all our children

As part of the trust, we will support you to learn and develop, providing outstanding CPD and opportunities for collaboration between schools within the trust sharing resources, expertise and knowledge.

Further information about the position, the trust and the benefits we offer can be found in the attached recruitment pack.

To request a tour of the school or to discuss the role in anyway please contact the school on 01752 706384.

If you believe you can demonstrate the dedication, skills and passion required, we look forward to receiving your application. If there are no vacancies currently, but you would like to register your interest for future vacancies, please join our talent pool and we will be in touch as soon as we have a suitable position.

Please note, the closing date is for guidance only. Successful applicants will be invited to interview at the earliest available opportunity. Learning Academies Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

With 18 individual primary schools, the Learning Academies Trust is the largest primary school trust in Plymouth and the first education employer in Plymouth to achieve the Livewell Southwest Wellbeing at Work Bronze Award. The Trust is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all staff and is proud to work closely with official bodies to ensure we have a holistic approach to staff wellbeing.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.

Closing Date - 9:00am, 10 January 2025