IEN Team Lead - Family Support

The Role

This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic, dedicated person that wants to make a difference to the lives and education of young people. North Leamington School (NLS) is a fantastic place to work and personally develop and we would love you to come and join us!

This is a brand new role to lead an impactful, high quality, Family Support Service aiming to improve outcomes for families and young people by alleviating barriers to learning. You will provide effective and inclusive structures, processes and practice in supporting families and students, enabling academic, personal, social and healthy development of referred students. You will lead and support the Family Support Worker to have a positive impact on families and young people. You will be a point of reference for professionals for relevant information and advise on issues affecting families. Your role will liaise between home and school regarding a whole range of issues.

This role is a Permanent Contract.

Both Term-time only or all year round contracts will be considered.

Full time working or part time working will also be considered.

Example starting salaries at Band J are: All year round 37 hours per week - £29,577 and Term-time only + 1 week (39) 37 hours - £25,440 actual term time salary.

Our vision is to grow the capacity of this team, opening up opportunities by also looking to recruit a Family Support Worker, Grade H SCP 14-17 (example starting salaries for 37 hours per week all year round - £24,491 or £20,971 for 37 hours per week Term-time only + 1 week).

The Family Support Worker will report directly to the IEN Team Lead – Family Support, providing excellent Family Support Services together.

If you are interested in this Family Support Worker role please contact HR for further information.

For the right candidate we will consider flexible employment options relating to the hours and contracts for both of these inspiring roles that meet the needs of the school and you as an individual.

What We Offer:

•A fantastic school environment in which to work, with exemplary relationships, great teams and successful with outstanding outcomes.
•A generous pension scheme and access to a range of staff health and wellbeing resources and services, working together with a supportive team that offers guidance and mentoring.
•A first class commitment to developing individuals through personalised CPD programmes and working with our people so that they reach their full potential.
•Flexibility with our employment contract options.

Key Requirements

We would love to hear from you if you:

-Think this role will suits your skills, knowledge and experience and you have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate well to both adults and children.

- You will have an understanding of young people and education and working with partner agencies/support organisations.

- You will have a good working knowledge of common ICT applications, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and be able to present information effectively, both verbally and in writing.

- You will educated to minimum GCSE level and hold a full UK driving license. Confidentiality, open-mindedness and sensitivity are key attributes essential to this role.

Please see our application pack including the job description and person specification for full details and requirements with regards to this role and note any offer of employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS checks and right to work in the UK.

Additional Information & How to Apply

If you wish to be part of this outstanding Learning Community, please complete the application forms and submit to:

hr@northleamington.co.uk

Closing date: 9am Thursday, 09/12/2021
Interview date: w/c 13/12/2021

North Leamington School 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 an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Supporting documents
Equality Details Form
Application Form
Job Description and Person Specification