Family Support Advisor

Location

Nottinghamshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Working Hours: 37hours, term time only

Salary: Grade 5

Contract: Maternity Cover until May 2025

Yeoman Park Academy are looking for a highly motivated and dedicated family support advisor to join the world of SEND and our dynamic, talented and supportive team. We are seeking someone who is empathetic, professional, and warm; someone who can be flexible and embrace a challenge.  

The opportunity

Our culture is based upon creating Empowering Learners to be the best they can -  Listening to learn, learning to fly . All our learners have an Educational Health Care Plan and families find themselves in the world of SEND. Parents often need support in overcoming obstacles created by having a child with SEND. They may have a learning disability themselves and require assistance with literacy, form filling or may just need someone to listen to them.   

A key part of the FSA role is to help them overcome any issues. We are looking for an individual who will respect and care for our learners and families and empower them to Achieve, Celebrate & Enjoy their time at Yeoman Park.   

If your values and ambitions match ours and you want to support our learners and their families to reach their potential we would love to hear from you.  

The successful candidate will:  

• Develop good relationships with parents/carers of children at the school and encourage parental involvement in the school and its activities.  
• Be proactive and inclusive in identifying needs, and support children and families with information, advice and guidance. 
• Provide administration support relating to Safeguarding and SEND. 
• Provide support and/or facilitate counselling, one to one or small groups, for those children identified with the greatest need that is adversely affecting their learning 

Essential: 

• Establish and foster good relationships with all parents/carers of children at the school. 
• Build relationships with new parents and assist in induction sessions 
• Promote the self-esteem of parents/carers, help them communicate openly and provide good parenting. Discuss, when necessary, in a confidential manner, difficulties at home and signpost them to appropriate support.  

Desirable: 

• Relevant health care qualifications as required for the post.  
• Background in counselling (informal or formal) with young people and/or their carers. 

• Why join Yeoman Park Academy? 
• We are a specialist academy for children aged 3-19 with severe, complex, profound and multiple learning difficulties based in Mansfield Woodhouse with 111 pupils. In our latest Ofsted inspection, we were rated ‘outstanding’.  
• Our academy has a caring and supportive staff team who believe in every child and we work together to ensure our children achieve their very best.  
• Please contact Stacey Foster [email protected] to arrange a visit, or for further information.  
• Website:
• Location: Yeoman Park Academy, Park Hall Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 8PS 
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Our employee benefits  

At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.  

In return you will benefit from:             

• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 14%   
• Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s  Diverse Association for Professional Learning .  
• Full support and induction.           
• A strong and caring ethos among staff and students.             
• Networking opportunities across Diverse Academies.             
• Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes.  
• Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes.   
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.  
• Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eyecare vouchers for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users.  

Applications  

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should we identify an appropriate candidate.  

Closing date: 13th March 2024 

Start date: 29th April 2024  

If you have any initial questions or would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Stacey Foster, at  [email protected]

Diverse Academies and its Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment.  Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy . To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.  

Diverse Academies Trust   

Diverse Academies is a multi-academy trust with a vision to inspire, to raise aspirations and to create brighter tomorrows. Across primary, secondary and special settings, we share a common mission to nurture curiosity, develop wellbeing and empower children and young people to go beyond their aspirations. Together, we believe we can make a difference in our diverse communities, and in the lives of those who learn with us and work with us.    

We empower. We respect. We care.  

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