Children and Family Support Worker at Queen's Park Infant Academy

Children and Family Support Worker

Queen's Park Infant Academy

Hours: 30 hours per week hours: 8.45am - 3.15pm Monday - Friday

39 working weeks (term time only)

Salary: Grade 6 SCP 16-22 (FTE £31,525 - £34, 811 per annum)

Actual Salary: £21,887- 24,824 per annum pro rata

Permanent, starting January 2027

Queens Park Infant Academy is seeking to appoint a wonderful Children and Family Support Worker to join our dedicated and friendly staff team. As a Children and Family Support Worker, you will play an essential role in supporting our children and families across the school community.

As part of the role, the successful candidate will offer early pastoral, relational behaviour and preventative support/guidance/advice to both our children and families. The Family Support Worker will also signpost parents to relevant external partners where necessary.

You will need to be able to work individually, and as part of the Inclusion and Safeguarding team, to support the overall vision and values of the school. The successful candidate would also be a deputy designated safeguard lead (full training would be provided if required).  

We are looking for a Children and Family Support Worker who:

• Is passionate about helping children and families thrive.
• Is knowledgeable and experienced in working with children and families including safeguarding.
• Is resilient
• Is able to build on existing good practice in the school.
• Demonstrates empathy, sensitivity and resilience.
• Has a good sense of humour and excellent communication skills.

In return for your commitment, we can offer:

• The opportunity to work alongside a dedicated, experienced and friendly team.
• Significant opportunity to build networks with colleagues from across Coastal Learning Partnership and others.
• Regular supervision sessions.
• A wide range of employment benefits, which includes gym membership, Wellbeing services, Lifestyle benefits including cycle to work scheme.

In accordance with our safer recruitment practices, CVs will not be accepted from external candidates.

Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 15^th November 2026

Interviews: Week commencing Monday 23^rd November 2026

To comply with our statutory safer recruitment practices and obligations, we are unable to shortlist incomplete applications. Please ensure you include a full employment and education history, details of two referees and explain any gaps in employment. Please note CVs will not be accepted from external candidates.

Coastal Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, and Enhanced DBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. CLP will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offense to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

CLP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who meet the person specification will receive equal consideration for employment.  We value the fact that our schools are very different, as are our colleagues within them.  Our culture is one in which colleagues serve and inspire each other in the spirit of professional generosity; colleagues are empowered to be themselves and to be their best.  At CLP, everyone is welcome and encouraged to achieve and be heard.

A happy school; learning, caring, succeeding together

Queens Park Infant Academy is a three-form entry infant academy located in Charminster, Bournemouth.  We have 300 pupils from Reception, age 4 through to Year 2, age 7. The school is part of the Coastal Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust; a vibrant, collaborative Trust of twenty schools working together around shared goals, values and aspirations.