Education Family Support Worker Crewe, England
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate individual looking to influence a positive change for children and young people. Cheshire East - Attendance and Children out of school service are expanding their Traded service offer and seeking to recruit 7 Education Family Support Workers.
These positions will be for a two year fixed term contract, term time only (39 weeks per year) for 37 hours per week.
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
Brighter Future
Employee benefits (cheshireeast.gov.uk)
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate individual looking to influence a positive change for children and young people. Cheshire East - Attendance and Children out of school service are expanding their Traded service offer and seeking to recruit 7 Education Family Support Workers.
These positions will be for a two year fixed term contract, term time only (39 weeks per year) for 37 hours per week.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide support to schools, children and parents to successfully treat the root causes of absence and provide support as necessary to remove barriers to attendance. Therefore, candidates must have strong inter-personal skills, the ability to problem solve and be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
The role will involve working in schools and completing home visits so candidates must have a valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle. The successful candidate must have previous experience of working with families or in a school setting and must be able to provide evidence of the ability to write clear and accurate reports.
For any enquiries or an informal chat please contact Lynette Womsley on 07971919076 or email [email protected].
Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.
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