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Care Assistant (Days and Nights)
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Family Support Worker
Work Model
📍 Birmingham, England
Employment
💼 Full-Time Direct
Recruitment Type
🛡️ Direct to HR Pipeline
Role Overview & Responsibilities
Job Information
Hall Green Junior School
Stratford Road
Hall Green
Birmingham
B28 9AJ
Email address: s.pal@hallgrnj.bham.sch.uk
Telephone number: 0121 464 3840
Required as soon as possible
OFSTED November 2021 said about our school “Hall Green Junior School gives its pupils a high-quality, well-rounded education. Everyone is included. All staff want the best for every pupil. Leaders know their school well, so that they are strongly placed to make further improvements.”
Hall Green Junior School is a popular, oversubscribed 4 form entry Junior school. We have very able and talented children and an enthusiastic, hardworking staff team.
The Governors are looking to recruit a well-motivated, enthusiastic, and resourceful Family Support Worker with previous experience of delivering effective and dynamic support to both children and families in the primary setting. This role will cover home School co-ordination and be our Attendance Officer
The role is wide ranging and will include such things as improving attendance, working with outside agencies, signposting families, making referrals, attending meetings, home visits, running sessions for parents and supporting children in school to overcome barriers to learning. You will be one of the trained DSLs in school.
Candidates must have relevant qualifications, have excellent communication skills to develop effective relationships with both children and families and be able to work within appropriate professional boundaries.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Informal visits are encouraged.
Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
Support Staff
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and conditions
BCC is a Living Wage employer.
Rehabilitation of offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
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This position is based in Birmingham, England with potential relocation and visa sponsorship considerations for qualified candidates.
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