Job Introduction
Longfleet CE Primary School Website
Family Support Worker
26 hours (4 days per week), 39 working weeks per year
Salary: Grade 6, SCP 16-22 (£30,518 - £33,699 FTE)
Actual Salary: £18,363 – £20,277 pro rata, per annum
Starting: November 2025 or January 2026, Permanent
Longfleet CE Primary School is a busy and thriving school, with impressive facilities and resources and a supportive Senior Leadership Team. The school is part of the Coastal Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust; a vibrant, collaborative Trust of twenty schools working together around shared goals, values and aspirations. As a Church of England school, the successful candidate would be expected to be a role-model for the school’s distinctively Christian ethos.
The school is seeking to appoint a wonderful Family Support Worker to join our dedicated and friendly staff team. As a Family Support Worker, you will play an essential role in supporting our children and their families across the school community. As part of the role, the successful candidate will offer early pastoral, attendance, behavioural, EaL and SEND interventions, preventative support, guidance and advice to improve outcomes for children, young people and families within a school context, through working in partnership with pupils, families and other agencies. You will need to be able to work individually and as part of the Inclusion and Safeguarding teams, to support the overall vision and values of the school. As part of the role you would be a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leader and be the main point of contact at the school for all matters relating to attendance.
We are looking for a Family Support Worker who:
- Is passionate about helping children and families thrive.
- Is knowledgeable and experienced in working with children and families including safeguarding.
- Is able to build on existing good practice in the school.
- Demonstrates empathy, sensitivity and resilience.
- Has a good sense of humour and excellent communication skills.
In return for your commitment, we can offer:
• The opportunity to work alongside a dedicated, experienced and friendly team.
• Significant opportunity to build networks with colleagues from across Coastal Learning Partnership and others.
• A wide range of employment benefits, which includes gym membership, Wellbeing services, Lifestyle benefits as well as a cycle to work scheme.
Please visit the school website for further information about the school www.longfleet.poole.sch.uk For more information about the role please contact the Headteacher, Nigel Helm on 01202 673652.
Please send a fully completed application form to: office@longfleet.coastalpartnership.co.uk
Closing Date: Midnight, Monday 6th October 2025
Interviews: Monday 13th October 2025
To comply with our statutory safer recruitment practices and obligations, we are unable to shortlist incomplete applications. Please ensure you include a full employment and education history, details of two referees and explain any gaps in employment. Please note CVs will not be accepted from external candidates.
Coastal Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.
The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, and Enhanced DBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. CLP will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offense to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
CLP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who meet the person specification will receive equal consideration for employment. We value the fact that our schools are very different, as are our colleagues within them. Our culture is one in which colleagues serve and inspire each other in the spirit of professional generosity; colleagues are empowered to be themselves and to be their best. At CLP, everyone is welcome and encouraged to achieve and be heard.
