Family Support Worker 1 year FTC

Job Description

Job title: Family Support Worker – Learner Engagement

Contract: 1 year FTC form 1 January 2026

Reporting to: School Leader: Learner Engagement

Manager/Supervises: None

Salary: Grade 7

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, Term Time Only (part time hours may be considered). Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm Wednesday 8am-3.30pm

Disclosure Level: Enhanced

Job Purpose:

To work as part of the Learner Engagement Team to manage and work with identified students in

Years 7-11 for whom aspects of the standard curriculum may not be appropriate. As a Family

Support Worker, you will work preventatively with vulnerable and/or disadvantaged families and

children and the school to provide early intervention, signposting support and guidance.

Liaising with:

School Leaders, SENCO, Student Support Workers and relevant staff with cross-school

responsibilities, external agencies, employers, FE providers

Main Roles:

• Supervise the learning of students that are educated by way of an alternative curriculum.
• Support teaching staff with students at risk of disengaging from their education and help students and their families appreciate the relevance of education
• Work closely with external agencies including social workers and alternative provision providers to support a student's learning
• Work closely with other Family Support Workers and the Learner Engagement Team to support students in their education, especially the most vulnerable.
• Contribute to the development of alternative curriculum provision
• Support and encourage students' learning, independence and improve self-confidence through mentoring and observation
• Help students acquire skills they may use when they leave school
• Regular liaison/visits to Alternative Provision settings/work experience placements
• Maintaining regular contact between the school and home as appropriate, establishing constructive links with families/carers, exchanging information, keeping parents informed and facilitating support for their child
• To encourage communication between the school and family, and to ensure good communication with, and between, colleagues in the school. Encourage and support parents to attend meetings in school
• To help families/children access other services, grants and information, working closely with other agencies ensuring that follow-up work is done and all concerned are well informed
• To help improve family relationships and be available for families, especially in crisis situations, and short-term assistance, working closely with the school's Safeguarding Lead and Social Workers
• To carry out home visits to support families/children, providing outreach support to families in line with the school priorities and needs that the school have identified
• Promote healthy living and supporting liaison with medical professionals where required
• Ensuring that record keeping in relation to individual casework and team activities is maintained to the required standard.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with colleagues and families to accurately assess students' intervention needs
• Liaise with external agencies, e.g. Adventure Plus, Abingdon and Witney College
• Attend and lead meetings with external agencies including social workers and early help workers
• Lead and maintain EdLounge provision (online learning) as part of the alternative curriculum offer
• Monitor attendance, behaviour, learning and progress of students receiving alternative provision and set targets for improvement on a daily/weekly basis
• Regularly provide feedback to House Leaders relating to attendance, behaviour and progress of students receiving alternative provision
• Liaise with other Family Support Workers around wider support, including attendance interventions and behaviour support
• Establish and develop links with local community, e.g. with local employers
• Communicate and work with families to offer support and guidance as appropriate
• Mentor students
• Complete student progress reviews
• Be aware of, and comply with, policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person
• Maintain the highest personal standards through participating in continuing professional development including adhering to the principle of performance management
• To adhere to the ethos of the School and the Trust
• To promote the agreed vision and aims of the School and the Trust
• To set an example of personal integrity and professionalism
• Attendance at appropriate staff meetings and parents' evenings
• Any other duties as commensurate within the grade in order to ensure that the smooth running of the school

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months

Pay: £25,598.00-£27,776.00 per year

Expected hours: 37 per week

Work Location: In person