Family Support Worker
37 hrs pw, term-time only & Inset Days, plus one additional week.
Salary Range: BG8 £24,948 - £26,845 FTE (Actual £22,296 - £23,991)
BRISTOL
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Start date: 1st September, 2023 (or earlier, if available)
Bridge Learning Campus is looking to appoint a Family Support Worker to expand our pastoral team. You will be joining an experienced and dedicated team who are working collaboratively to improve the outcomes of the young people of our community.
In this role, you will build lasting and purposeful relationships with young people and their families, removing barriers to regular school attendance, helping them to achieve their full potential.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate, patience, excellent communication and listening skills, the ability to connect with young people and to partner with external agencies. You will be able to draw on a range strategies to modify behaviours and will have a genuine and principled interest and belief that all students can achieve. You will need to be empathetic and resilient but have a firm but fair approach, which in turn will provide you with job satisfaction, knowing that your graft has made a difference.
Bridge Learning Campus is a rapidly improving, growing all-through school with a three-year trend of improved outcomes where 3-16 year olds grow into confident young adults. We are a member of Trust in Learning (Academies) and take a research-led approach to long-term, sustainable strategies – not ‘quick fixes’.
Visits to the school ahead of application are welcomed. If you would like to arrange a visit, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Fluency Duty
The ability to converse at ease with pupils, parents and other users of the service and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
Key Dates:
Closing Date – 9.00 am, Thursday, 13th July
Interview Date – W/C 17th July
Application packs can be downloaded from Eteach - Please send your completed application by the closing date.
Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.
Safeguarding Statement
Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Guidance 2022.
We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.
