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Family Support Worker

Tradewind Recruitment
Posted 18 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 1BH, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Part Time

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  • The Primary School Family Support Worker position in Dunstable, Luton, Bedfordshire, seeks an experienced individual dedicated to improving outcomes for families.
  • The role involves being the primary contact for parents, providing support for those with additional needs, and ensuring child safeguarding.
  • Candidates must have previous experience in a similar role and a strong understanding of safeguarding children within education.
  • This is a full-time, term-time only position that requires effective communication skills and the ability to handle difficult conversations.
  • The salary for this role is competitive, and immediate interviews are available for qualified applicants.

Primary School Family Support Worker - Dunstable - Luton, Bedfordshire

Are you an experienced Family Support Worker looking to make a real difference to the lives of families in the Dunstable area? Are you passionate about improving outcomes for parents and children? Tradewind are currently working closely with a Primary School who would love to hear from you!

About the role

As a Family Support Worker you will enjoy a varied but challenging role. You will be the first point of call for all parents of children attending the school, helping to answer general queries or concerns they may have. You will support parents of children with additional needs who are struggling at home. You will offer invaluable guidance and support to these parents to help them manage outside school.

You will play a key role in safeguarding the children within the school and will be responsible for monitoring and reporting quickly any concerns around the welfare of children or parents within the school community.

You will also be responsible for monitoring attendance and in co-ordination with the office team, make sure any repeat absence is followed up and parents are met with to discuss plans to improve attendance moving forward.

Your role will also be to ensure all paperwork relevant to your position is kept updated and completed within agreed deadlines.

About you

The successful candidate for this role will have an in depth understanding of safeguarding children within education and understand its importance within the wider context of the community.

You will be a patient and professional communicator who is capable of speaking with parents from a range of different backgrounds and be confident approaching difficult conversations.

You will be an understanding and sensitive person who parents are able to speak to in confidence with any concerns they are currently having.

Have a good knowledge of the different services available in the local area which you can signpost parents too for additional support

Previous experience in a similar role is essential.

Apply Today

If you are interested in this role, our partner school in Dunstable is looking to interview and appoint immediately. This is a full-time role, term time only. You will report directly to the headteacher and play a key role in the school community.

Please get in touch today on or contact me on if you would like to learn more.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.