Purpose of role:

To work with parents and their children in their homes, or in school and in groups to increase the skills, confidence and abilities of all family members to live their daily lives in a positive and safe way.

Key accountabilities:

Responsibilities

● Manage the delivery of the family support service in line with the school plan and

budget.

● Work in partnership with external agencies to support attendance initiatives,

campaigns, parental responsibility measures and school attendance.

● Advise on effective family support for school staff and families and disseminate good

practice.

● Prepare reports for the Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body; ensure

maintenance of accurate and factual records.

● Manage caseloads and maintain casework documentation.

● To be a Designated Safeguarding Officer within the school.

● To offer emotional and practical support to parents and their families, in their own

homes and in the community.

● To offer a whole family centred approach to families with complex needs and those

requiring early help.

● To build a trusting relationship with the parents and young people to help alleviate or

break their social isolation and increase capacity.

● To build knowledge and understanding of local resources and community services

including, Mental Health Teams, Social Services, Health, CAMHS.

● To work alongside colleagues to assess the needs of the families referred for support

and participate in the reviews and evaluation of work.

● Liaising with teaching staff, families and other agencies to provide support to enable

them to overcome barriers to learning, with an awareness that outside factors affect

well-being and learning.

● Work as a team with teachers, Leaders, pastoral staff and other members of school

staff in order to assess individual needs of each targeted pupil.

● Manage an active caseload of children and their families, responding to variations in

demand and need and act in the role of lead professional and arrange, attend and

chair Team Around the Family meetings and complete the Early Help Assessment as

required for children on your caseload where the assessment shows the main focus of

the Early Help to be support around the family.

● To develop a 1:1 relationship with pupils requiring particular support and their families

with the aim of addressing points defined in their provision plan and engaging them

with activities and opportunities.

● Undertake home – school liaison activities, in order to secure positive family support

and involvement and address.

● Provide parental workshops/ meetings to share and support families.

● Deliver direct, hands-on, time limited and monitored interventions with targeted

children. Model appropriate techniques and strategies and use specific techniques,

programmes and activities to support these children. Challenge and support others

within our setting with regard to inclusive practice.

● To network with other family support workers and share best practice within school, as

appropriate.

● To network with other staff within the cluster and beyond to share good practice and

direct pupils to extended services.

● Maintain effective records of interventions, details of support provided and analyse and

present evidence related to these targets, including case summaries after interventions

are ended, so that all documentation is accurate and up to date.

● Work with multi agencies to ensure that every opportunity is used to gain support and

resources to ensure that all our young people feel, and are, safe.

● To work with existing teams, parents and agencies to ensure that Safeguarding policy

practice and provision is implemented successfully.

● Address concerns at the earliest possible stage (cause for concerns).

● Liaise with Social Care and therapists to ensure we are meeting the needs of at risk

students.

● Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of

yourself and other persons, and to comply with policies and procedures relating to

health and safety within school and the Co-op academy trust

● Report to, attend, lead or participate in relevant meetings, case conferences and

strategic panels as relevant and as required by the line manager.

● To work flexibly as required by the needs of the service and carry out any other

reasonable duties as required.