Child and Family Support Worker

£19,515 (pro rata at 0.6 FTE of above range)

Hours

Part-time

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract

Based in Argyle Primary school, the Child and Family Support Worker will work from a child centred approach and primarily be concerned with developing and maintaining good working relationships with parents/carers, children, teachers, head teachers and various educational support staff and other agencies. The workload is varied.

Job Purpose

To improve the life outcomes and opportunities of children by working with families, parents, carers, children and the school to enable children to have full access to educational opportunities and overcome barriers to learning. This may include working with the wider family and community. Level of Contact with Children and Young People The responsibilities of the post require the post-holder to have substantial, unsupervised and daily contact with children, young people and their families and is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We are looking for candidates with:

• A desire and passion to make a real difference to the lives and life‑chances of our children
• The ability to act as advocate, mediator and negotiator for our parents and carers in a range of situations
• Significant experience of working with and engaging parents/carers and children through individual and or group-based support
• The ability to develop and deliver a range of family learning opportunities to support parents/carers to engage more fully in their child’s learning and to reintegrate parents into work or study
• An understanding of how to promote good school attendance and punctuality and how to tackle poor attendance (including persistent absence or exclusion)
• Drive, enthusiasm, resilience and positive attitudes
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong partnership skills, including ability to work professionally and confidently in close liaison with schools and other agencies

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