Family Support Worker
The Link Academy
Dudley
- £22,975.31 - £25,178.48 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 6 / £22,975.31 - £25,178.48 / 37 hours per week / 42 weeks per year
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 10 September 2023
Job overview
Dudley Academies Trust is looking to appoint a Family Support worker at The Link Academy to support the engagement and well-being of young people at home and in school to enable them to reach their full potential.
You will work closely with academy staff, partner agencies, young people and their families to develop action plans which tackle identified need and achieve lasting change. The role will also involve undertaking Early Help assessments and acting as the Lead Professional where necessary.
Reporting to the Assistant Principal for Behaviour you will be supported in this role by a dedicated team of both teaching and associate staff which include the Assistant Principal for Safeguarding and a Behaviour Manager and a team of Learning Managers who take a lead role in in managing and delivering pastoral support to learners in school.
Dudley Academies Trust was formed in September 2017 under the sponsorship of Dudley College of Technology. Our Trust schools are St James Academy, The Link Academy, Pegasus Academy, Beacon Hill Academy, Blowers Green and Kates Hill Primary. The Trust when combined with the sponsor, annually supports 8,500 young people aged 4 to 19 years old and employs almost 1,300 staff.
The Trust recognises that our staff are our most valuable asset and investing in our people is a key strategic priority for the Trust. A common and extensive programme of staff development operates across the Trust, this is extended to senior and middle leaders, aspiring leaders, teaching and support staff and non-qualified teachers.
You will be joining the Trust at an exciting time as we are continuing our journey to provide a first-class education for the young people of Dudley, with outstanding teaching and learning being the Trust’s foremost priority.
Closing date – Sunday 10th September 2023 - we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the date advertised.
All successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure and barring service check and children and adults barred list checks, where the applicant will be employed in a regulated activity.
Dudley Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, including disabled, and black and ethnic minority applicants.
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About The Link Academy
The Link Academy is in Netherton, Dudley, and draws pupils from across central and eastern Dudley as well as neighbouring Sandwell. There are currently over 900 learners on roll. The Trust appointed a new principal to The Link in January 2019. Emma is an ex-pupil of the school and shares the Trust’s determination to restore the reputation for excellence that it once held.
GCSE results have been improving steadily over a number of years, particularly in Mathematics and English and in 2022 the Progress 8 score placed the school as the most improved secondary school in the Dudley borough. The transformation in the performance and culture of The Link Academy was recognised by Ofsted in 2022, when they judged The Link to be a ‘Good’ school, with inspectors commenting that “High ambitions are seen in all aspects of school life and senior leaders do not allow social disadvantage to be a barrier to success”.
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