Required for January 2025.
This post is fixed term to provide maternity cover until 31st August 2025.
The Learning Academy Partnership has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Family Support Assistant to join our School Trust, based in Ellacombe C of E Academy.
Ellacombe is at the heart of our local community and is located close to the centre of Torquay; over the years we have developed a strong reputation for being a supportive and caring school which fully understands the needs of our children and their families. Our wonderful pupils are at the absolute centre of our work and all our colleagues are dedicated to the development of our pupils in the fullest sense possible; we pride ourselves on putting children first in every aspect of school life.
At Ellacombe, we aim to provide the rich soil that enables our children to develop deep roots and flourish. Our Christian vision as a school is “ Together, we take steps towards a brighter future”. We are an extremely caring and inclusive school and we are proud of how we work together as part of a wider community through our close links with parents, families and within the Torquay Hub and wider Trust. Our curriculum is rich and balanced, providing a wide range of experiences and opportunities for all.
We are looking for someone who shares our values to join our committed team, working to ensure that we serve our children and communities to the best of our abilities. No day will be the same and you will work alongside a highly caring and compassionate team to support our most underserved families. Supported by our Safeguarding Lead, you will work closely with children and families to provide early intervention, support, and guidance. By building relationships with families and supporting them to raise attendance levels, you will be helping to remove barriers to learning and ensure every child can flourish.
Our ideal candidate will be a passionate and dynamic practitioner with previous experience of supporting families and communities to empower change. This role lends itself to someone who is highly motivated who can work collaboratively as part of the wider Trust team and with external agencies.
Our Trust is dedicated to building an authentic workforce, so if you are excited about this role but your past experience looks a little different to what we’ve identified, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the perfect candidate!
We are looking for someone who is inspired by our Trust mission and can empower our children with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to flourish. We are proud that we are a single organisation with a shared responsibility for all children, and one where you will feel professionally nourished through our extensive development practice and strong wellbeing offer.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider communities that we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. Our People strategy enables us to nurture, develop and support our colleagues so that they can provide the very best for our children.
Our School Trust is underpinned by our four core beliefs; we are stronger together, a sense of belonging; removing barriers and realising the possible. This means that by working collectively, we can achieve our absolute best to ensure that children, especially the most vulnerable, can flourish.
We can offer you:
• The opportunity to make a profound difference to children’s lives
• An impactful People Strategy that enables us to nurture, develop and support our colleagues so that they can provide the very best for our children
• A culture that takes work-life balance extremely seriously for all its colleagues
• The chance to work as part of a collective in a values-led school Trust, a single organisation.
• High quality professional development and regular training to develop your knowledge and skills
• A strong, proactive wellbeing network across the school Trust
• The potential for future career development
• Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
• Trust benefit schemes including Cycle and Tech schemes
• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
All our schools are each at the centre of their local communities and celebrate their individuality and distinctiveness. A core feature in how we work as a School Trust is our collective approach in delivering an exceptional education for all children. We do this through working very closely together in mutual support and challenge to empower excellence for our children, families, and the communities that we serve.
In short, our ethos is one of working together to Empower, Excel, Together .
The Learning Academy Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS disclosures are required for this post along with the other necessary checks. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
We want to support you in deciding if we are a School Trust that you would like to join. We recommend that you arrange a visit or virtual call so that you can better understand if we are an organisation which excites you and can support you to flourish. Please contact Alison Helm – Telephone 01803 293040 or email – to arrange an appointment.
For further details and to apply, please refer to the Vacancies section of the Trust website