Family Support and Safeguarding Liaison Officer - Northolmes Junior School

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated team player who is passionate about children’s learning and making a difference? If so, this job is for you!

We are looking for a Family Support Worker to join our friendly, community-minded school. Northolmes Junior School is part of The Greenfields Federation, along with Littlehaven Infant School and they share a Leadership Team and Governing Body. We are at an exciting phrase of our development, as our schools will be amalgamating later this year, to form an all-through Primary School.

We can offer:

• Wonderful engaging children who love learning
• A supportive and collaborative team where everyone feels valued.
• Opportunities for professional development, training and sharing of expertise.
• A well-resourced learning environment.
• The chance to make a difference.

This is a term-time only position.

Our Family Support Worker will:

• Communicate effectively with children, young people and families in a wide variety of settings to improve outcomes for children.
• Ensuring the highest level of safeguarding support for families by working effectively with our school safeguarding team and other external agencies.
• Work effectively with other team members, to foster and maintain working relationships with colleagues from other agencies.

You are encouraged to look around the school prior to submitting your application, and we would be happy to arrange this. Please contact the school office on 01403 261822.

Northolmes Junior School and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.

To apply for this role please download the job description and application form below. Complete the application form and ensure that you outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the job description). Once complete please return this to [email protected]

Should you have any questions regarding the role or the application please feel free to email us or contact us on 01403 261822.

NOTE TO CANDIDATES - Please do not select the ‘Apply online’ button as the School processes your applications directly rather than through this site.

The reference number for this role is SCHO00494.