Family Support Advisor

Hours: 30 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Grade E 9-11

Start Date: 1st September 2025

Connect Academy Trust are looking to appoint a passionate and dedicated Family Support Advisor to join our team in September 2025. As part of Connect Academy Trust, there may be the opportunity to work in any of our schools in the future. This post is initially situated at Widey Court Primary School.

This key role will involve the successful post-holder working in partnership with children, families, school staff, and external agencies to provide support, guidance, and early intervention. The Family Support Worker will play a key role in improving outcomes for pupils by addressing barriers to learning, supporting wellbeing, and strengthening home–school relationships.

To help you achieve this, we can offer you:

• Support to develop your skills through school-centred, multi academy trust wide and external continuing professional development and team work;
• Wonderful staff and pupils who are keen to learn;
• A very dedicated team with a strong positive ethos;
• A well-resourced and highly professional school.

Widey Court Primary School is part of Connect Academy Trust, a multi-academy Trust of eight schools within Torbay and Plymouth. The Trust now educates over 3500 children with 550 staff, in both Plymouth and Torbay. Connect was formed in 2016 and aims to provide a firm foundation for developing teachers and leaders to secure the best learning opportunities for all children. It operates a dynamic, values-based system where each school is a giver and receiver of support.

Visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact the school office on 01752 773909 to arrange a visit.

If you are interested, please complete an online application form.

If you have any questions relating to this post, or if you are unable to access our online application, please contact Miss G Dingley, School Operations Lead, on gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk

Closing date: Thursday 3rd July 2025 at 9:00am

Interviews: Tuesday 8th July 2025

Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required to be undertaken and an on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitability to work with children.