School Children and Family Support Worker (and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

Salary details: £ - £

As our Family Support Worker, you will be the driving force behind our commitment to ensuring every child feels safe, supported, and ready to learn. You will work closely with pupils, families, staff, and external agencies to remove barriers to learning and promote positive wellbeing.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Safeguarding Leadership - Acting as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), managing concerns, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring statutory compliance.
• Family Support - Building strong relationships with families, supporting early help, signposting services, and coordinating multi‑agency support.
• Pastoral Care - Leading or supporting interventions that support emotional regulation, attendance, behaviour, and wellbeing.
• Work With Vulnerable Pupils - Providing tailored support for children experiencing trauma, social difficulties, or safeguarding risks.
• Attendance and Behaviour Support - Monitoring patterns, implementing early interventions, and working with families to improve outcomes.
• Staff Training - Delivering CPD on safeguarding, behaviour, and wellbeing.

About You

We are looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in safeguarding with up‑to‑date knowledge of KCSIE and statutory guidance.
• Emotionally intelligent, calm under pressure, and able to build trust with children and families.
• Skilled in multi‑agency working, including Early Help, social care, and health services.
• Neutral, open and able to develop positive relationships with all members of staff, children, parents & carers.
• Confident (or willing to learn) in leading interventions that support behaviour, attendance, and wellbeing.
• Committed to inclusion, equality, and nurturing the whole child.
• Knowledgeable about child development and SEND.
• Aligned to our school values: Respect, Responsibility, Resilience and strives to be the best that you can be.

What We Offer

• A warm, supportive school community
• A leadership team that values pastoral work
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• A chance to make a profound difference in children’s lives

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office on 01246 232817.

Provisional Interview Date: 03 July 2026

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.