Family Support Outreach Worker

Family Support Outreach Worker

Stoke Damerel Community College, Somerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, PL3 4BD

Job Type:                Permanent

Salary/Grade: Grade D, scale pt 8 - 14 (£20,493 - £23,080 fte per annum)

Hours:                37 hours per week x 40 weeks per year

Actual Salary:        £18,028 - £20,303 per annum

Application Deadline: Midnight on Monday 31st January 2022

Job Start Date: ASAP

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found

We are seeking to appoint a skilled, enthusiastic, dynamic and inspirational Family Support Outreach Worker.  The post holder will provide a high standard of support for young people and families in order to re-engage them in education and seek to support removal of barriers to engaging in school. 

This is a very rewarding role where you will be able to develop strong working relationships with children and their families.  Individuals who have previous experience of working with children will be particularly suited to this role.  

This role will include:

▪ Work with selected groups of students who have attendance issues and initiate suitable interventions (group work, reports, incentives).

▪ Work with the Year teams to support in identifying individuals and/or groups of students who require additional support to improve their levels of attendance and punctuality and assist in raising standards.

▪ To work with the Year teams to enable the implementation of intervention strategies to address poor attendance and celebrate excellent attendance.

▪ Arrange meetings with parents/carers and other colleagues, to provide relevant information, offer support and seek ways in which the school can help in improving individual attendance and punctuality. Including making and attending appointments during relevant parents’ evenings.

▪ Provide/collate work for students that are on extended sick leave and monitor for the duration of their absence.

▪ Provide outreach support to students and families to support integration back into school following long term absence.

▪ To monitor students reduced timetables to support full integration.

▪ To collect from home and support students that struggle to attend examinations.

▪ To be able to support and signpost students and families in accessing external support from other agencies.

We welcome applications from individuals who have experience of working with young people either in an educational and/or social care setting.  You must be able to establish excellent relationships with pupils and colleagues, and work well within a team. 

Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All teaching and support members of staff must undertake the required pre-employment checks which include the uptake of references both professional and personal and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

You will have access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme and a full range of staff benefits. 

To apply for a staff vacancy, please register for an online account to complete the application form. Please visit our website www.greenshawlearningtrust.co.uk/join-us/staff 

If you require further details please email hr@sdcc.net 

Interview date: TBC