Fixed term contract – 12 months

Grade B, 36.5 hours per week, Term Time only

Salary Range: £ 28,598 – £34,434

Start Date:  1^st September 2026

Are you passionate about helping children and their families? Can you make a difference?  We need you!  We are looking for an experience Family Support Worker to work with Birmingham Pathfinder based across Holly Hill Church School and Woodgate Primary School

Holly Hill Church School, New Street, Rubery, B45 0EU sits on the Birmingham/Worcestershire border in an area of high deprivation. It is a wonderful school full of wonderful people who all work together to achieve the very best outcomes for our children and families. We are in the top 10% Nationally for progress so if you are someone who is highly motivated and passionate about achieving the very best for pupils, we would like to hear from you!.

The role:

As the Pathfinder Early Help Practitioner, you will play a pivotal role in supporting and guiding our students towards achieving their full potential. The core purpose of the role is to work within the Pathfinder Early Help approach, with the support and supervision of a Pathfinder Coordinator and, alongside teachers and wider pastoral team in schools, addressing the needs of children and their families who need help to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside the school, in order to flourish

We are looking for someone to join us who:

• Demonstrates full commitment to our 12 Christian Values
• Can collaborate with teachers/co-ordinators and SLT to devise and implement target interventions
• Holds a current DSL certificate or is committed to obtaining this
• Has a firm knowledge of safeguarding and the various agencies that can support children and families
• Had experience of leading successful Early Help Plans
• Is able to build strong relationships with student, parents and carers to provide the best possible support to enable them to flourish
• Has proven organisational skills and can be responsible for their own work patterns
• Demonstrates highly effective communication, interpersonal skills and is computer literate
• Is a team player with a great sense of humour

We can offer:

• A Good Ofsted Grading incl. leadership
• A Governing Body dedicated to supporting sustained improvement in raising standards.
• A forward thinking and ambitious school
• A vibrant, hard-working and committed team of passionate people
• A well-resourced school
• Continued professional development

Informal visits warmly welcomed by arrangement with the Headteacher:

For an application pack please contact Jackie Ingleby via email – vacancy@hollyhill.bham.sch.uk or for more information call 0121 675 8700 to speak to the Headteacher

Closing date:  Tuesday 30^th June at 5pm

Interviews and Tasks: Thursday 9^th July

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification; qualifications; medical fitness; on-line identity searches  and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.