Family Support Partner

Grade G (point 19) £18,746 pro rata

19.5 hrs per week, 39 weeks per year

Inspire their remarkable

The Ridge Academy is a primary school for children with severe behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.  We are looking to appoint a Family Support Partner to support and deliver the strategy for child and family work, within the school. The ideal candidate will be a team player who's able to build rapport easily, think on their feet, collaborate and support different parties effectively.

You will be required:

• To work with a small group of families who would benefit most from family support work & support the development of an appropriate action plan
• To ensure all records, files and minutes are kept confidential
• To ensure that relevant activities and resources are provided and developed to create and maintain an attractive stimulating, safe and secure environment for work with children and families.
• To promote an open door policy for referred and non-referred children, including meeting children and families for ad-hoc or short term interventions.
• To meet and maintain contact with the families of the vulnerable pupils who have been identified for additional support, to gain insight into the family, provide parenting tips when required.
• To work alongside the child, class teacher and parents to set achievable targets.
• Collate qualitative and quantitative data, share information sensitively and maintain records to facilitate monitoring and evaluation.

This role is fixed term to start September 2019

Closing date:  Friday 21 June 2019

We warmly welcome visits, please contact Jo Scriven,  HR Officer at The Ridge Academy or email jscriven@theridgeacademy.org to arrange a time.

We passionately believe that every child can discover their own remarkable life. It’s what motivates us around here. We know this vision requires something extra. Which is why at AET, you’ll find more. More opportunities, so you can forge your own path. More care and support, so you can prioritise what matters most. More purpose, for you and for the children we’re inspiring. 

We offer:

• More training and development, so you can get better at what you do - Varied and stretching continuous professional development opportunities.
• More support for you and your loved ones - A health cash plan, employee loans and savings scheme, discounted gym membership and employee assistance programme.
• More technology so you can make more impact - G Suite for Education embedded throughout. Collaborative cloud technology gives you access to the latest tools, when and where it suits you. More tech enabled classrooms mean less time spent on admin and more time teaching.
• More reward - A generous and flexible Local Government Pension scheme for support staff.
• More possibilities - To inspire children to find their remarkable. 
• We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.  All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

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We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

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