Student and Family Support Worker

Grade/SCP: Band 4, SCP 11 - 17

Salary: £21,166 - £23,836 (full time equivalent)

£16,521.64 - £18,605.77 (actual part time equivalent)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 32.5 hours per week (41 weeks per year)

Location: St Thomas More Voluntary Catholic Academy, Palace Fields, Buxton SK17 6AF (base location)

www.st-thomasmore.derbyshire.sch.uk

St Annes Catholic Voluntary Academy, Lightwood Road, Buxton SK17 7AN

https://www.st-annesrc.derbyshire.sch.uk/

Start Date: September 2019 

St Thomas More and St Anne’s Catholic Voluntary Academies, both part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate Student and Family Support Worker to join their busy, hardworking team.

The position requires the successful candidate to:

• Work as part of our pastoral team in leading work with families to support the engagement and well-being of students at school and at home.  

• Work with families and school to plan and support learning and behaviour programmes.  

• To support Early Help assessments and act as lead professional where appropriate. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic multi Academy Trust working with our academies in Buxton, working as part of the pastoral staff to ensure that vulnerable young people are supported so that they can thrive within their community and achieve their full potential.

St Thomas More is a small, popular Catholic High School and St Anne’s is the neighboring primary in the beautiful town of Buxton in Derbyshire; within easy access from Cheshire, Manchester and Stockport as well as Derbyshire and other surrounding areas. We have recently become a Voluntary Catholic Academy and part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi-Academy Trust within the Diocese of Nottingham.

How to apply

For more information, an application pack and to apply please visit https://srscmat.co.uk/vacancies or email vacancies@srscmat.co.uk

Closing date:   Monday, 19th August 2019 at 9.00am

Interviews:   Thursday, 22 August 2019 

The St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, medical check, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

 

The Trust will endeavor to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. 

You do not need to be a Catholic to work in our Trust. There are certain reserved positions, which require someone to be Catholic, i.e. CEO, Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Subject Leader/Head of RE and Lay Chaplain but other than that a respect for our ethos and a willingness to participate in what we do is all that is required.