Family Support Worker

We are looking for an exceptional candidate who has the ability to work within our school community to provide tailored emotional and practical support to individual learners and their families and where
appropriate, in partnership with other agencies.

Please note advertised salaried is full time and the final salary offer will be dependant on the working hours. The successful applicant will be expected to travel to other locations, as required, as part of their role. 

 To enable the panel to make a decision on your application, please ensure you complete the supporting statement (minimum 200 words). You should provide relevant examples demonstrating your experience relating to the job description and person specification and give details of why you are interested in this role.

Kennel Lane School is a modern, vibrant and inclusive special school catering for the needs of learners who have a wide range of learning difficulties, aged from 3-19.  We offer an exciting learning community where every individual is valued and nurtured.

Our stimulating learning environment showcases our learners’ love of learning.  Our innovative teaching and learning approach ensures the best outcomes for our learners through a wide and varied curriculum.

We are strongly committed to providing high quality professional development for all our staff.  We strongly support and facilitate collaborative work across the school and in partnership with other schools.

The wellbeing of our staff is an important priority therefore we provide opportunities to ensure that we value their hard work and dedication.

• Employee Assistance programme offering a range of services some of which include:
• In the moment support and counselling for work and home-life issues
• Financial and Legal
• Specialist information e.g. childcare 
• 24 hours a day access 

Please note that all applications will be considered upon receipt, therefore an early reply is recommended. We reserve the right to close the advert early should the right candidate be appointed.

Employment is with Corvus Learning Trust and not Bracknell Forest Council. The trust is very popular and for most posts a large number of applications are received - it is thus not possible to notify all applicants of the outcome. Please accept that if you have not heard within three weeks of the closing date then, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful - in which case we offer our best wishes for the future.

Please visit our website to learn more about Kennel Lane School: http://www.kennellaneschool.com