Pupil and Family Support Worker

## Pupil and Family Support Worker### We are searching for the best education professionals* Pupil and Family Support WorkerNEWFast Apply# Pupil and Family Support WorkerEmployerLocation: Blackburn, LancashireContract Type: PermanentHours: Full TimeSalary: Grade F SCP 16 - 23 (£30,518 - £34,434 fte)Posted: 29th October 2025Start Date: 1st January 2026Expires: 27th November 2025 02:00 PMContract Type: PermanentStart Date: 1st January 2026Job ID: 1515903Start Date: 1st January 2026* Contract Type :Permanent* Job ID: 1515903* Share :**Pupil and Family Support Worker****37 Hours Per Week, Full Time****Permanent****Term Time Only, 44.67 weeks per year**We seek a resilient, determined, and proactive professional to join our school community and undertake this important role. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the safeguarding and attendance team, as well as the wider Trust, to support pupils and families facing barriers to learning and consistent school attendance. The primary focus of this role involves providing comprehensive support to families and pupils to address these obstacles and improve attendance outcomes. Furthermore, the post holder will be required to fulfil the responsibilities of the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead in the absence of the Designated Safeguarding Lead and the current Deputy.As Pupil and Family Support Worker, you will play a pivotal role in engaging with vulnerable families and young people, delivering early intervention support to mitigate the need for more intensive services. Your central objective will be to contribute to improved outcomes for children and families, encompassing enhanced school attendance, positive behavioural development, and increased overall well-being. You will serve as the lead professional for assigned families, coordinating necessary support services and empowering them to enact sustainable positive change.**We can offer you:*** A happy and caring Academy, with a distinctive Christian ethos* Lively and responsive children, who enjoy school* Hard working and dedicated team of staff & Governors* Mutually supportive partnerships between our Local Authority and Cidari Academy Trust schools* Opportunities for professional and personal development* Motivated and experiences Governing Body and central Trust team* Local Government Pension Scheme* Employee Assistance Programme* Access to health and wellbeing benefits.* Access to employee benefits & rewards through Perkbox* Cycle to work scheme**The suitable candidate will:*** Work as part of a team within school and with other professionals involved in supporting pupils and their families* Have a minimum of level 3 NVQ (or equivalent) qualification* Work to the highest standards, demonstrating resistance to pressure and retaining professional focus and behaviour**Closing date: Thursday 27th November 2025 at 2pm****Proposed Interview date: Thursday 4th & Friday 5th December 2025**We are a small and friendly Academy, whose team work happily together, to enable our learners to enjoy and achieve their very best.Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, an online search will be carried out as part of our safer recruitment pre-employment checks on shortlisted candidates.We are a member of Cidari Multi Academy Trust, established in November 2013, a growing educational trust and part of the Blackburn Diocese. Cidari Education is committed to providing high quality education for all children in our academies based on clearly established Christian values and principles.### Attachments### Safeguarding Statement:St Aidan's Church of England Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.### St Aidan's CofE Primary AcademyPart of### Cidari Multi Academy Trust
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