Vacancies

Family Support Worker

Do you have experience working with families and children? Are you passionate about improving the outcomes of young people?

We are looking for an enthusiastic Family Support Worker to join our friendly and hardworking team. This is a part-time and permanent position.

The ideal candidate will be a motivated, organised individual who enjoys working with families and children and is a competent user of ICT.

The role is to work with parents/ carers, children, school staff and other agencies to develop and maintain family support, providing an essential link between the home and school in order to raise attendance, attainment, well-being and to maximise children’s life chances.

As part of the safeguarding team, you will be required to adhere to our safeguarding policy and, led by the Designated Safeguarding Lead, facilitate links with outside agencies, prepare documents and reports and attend meetings regarding pupil and family well-being.

Our Church of England school is a vibrant and diverse community that aims to encourage a life-long love of learning through our vision statement, ‘With God all things are possible’. St. Andrew’s CEVA Primary School is a ‘Good School’ (Ofsted, October 2023) with fantastic children and very supportive staff and governors. Please look at our website for more information about us: https://www.standrews.northants.sch.uk/

Please email your completed application form to Mrs Griffiths, Headteacher, on head@standrews-pri.northants-ecl.gov.uk

Closing Date: Monday 1^st September 2025 at 12pm

If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.

Interview Date: Thursday 4^th September 2025

Start Date: As soon as possible after checks

Salary: The post is paid at Grade G, spinal point 8 to 12, depending on experience.  The full-time equivalent salary is £25,992, (£13.47 per hour) to £27,711 (£14.36 per hour) however the post is pro rata which means you will be paid for 40 weeks which is then averaged out over the 52 weeks.  Actual salary is between £22,456 - £22,940 (pending annual increase)

Hours: 36.25 hours (8.30am- 4.30pm Monday to Friday)

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, social media checks, medical and reference checks.  All pre-employment checks are in line with “Keeping Children Safe in Education”.

All adults employed by the school have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.