Child and Family Support Worker

A desire and passion to make a real difference to the lives and life-chances of our children

• The ability to act as advocate, mediator and negotiator for our parents and carers in a range of situations

• Significant experience of working with and engaging parents / carers and children through individual and / or group-based support

• The ability to develop and deliver a range of family learning opportunities to support parents/carers to engage more fully in their child’s learning and to reintegrate parents into work or study

• An understanding of how to promote good school attendance and punctuality and how to tackle poor attendance (Including persistent absence or exclusion)

• Drive, enthusiasm, resilience and positive attitudes • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Strong partnership skills, including ability to work professionally and confidently in close liaison with schools and other agencies