Family Support Manager - Full-time

The Brent Primary School, Dartford

• Ref:KCC886-2679-279S
• Posted:20/08/2025
• Pay:£26,393.00 - £27.852.00 Annually (Actual)
• Start Date:October 2025
• App Close Date:30/09/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:To be confirmed

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We are seeking to appoint a Family Support Manager to work at The Brent Primary School.  You will be required to work in consultation with the Headteacher, SENDCo and outside agencies to provide support in addressing the needs of pupils and families who may be vulnerable, demotivated, or disengaged in overcoming a range of barriers to learning.  This support will include working individually and with small groups of pupils, parents, and with other professionals/agencies.

You will support the active engagement of parents/carers in their child’s learning, wellbeing, and development, through establishing and promoting a positive and effective working partnership between parents/carers with the school, and other agencies, with the shared goal of improving outcomes.

You will support families in many different ways.

• Supporting the inclusion of children in a mainstream school by building and maintaining positive links with families
• Support with attendance and lateness
• Advice on behaviour support
• Offering support strategies and resources - putting parents in contact with other agencies and services such as School Health, Nelft and Place2Be.
• You will be required to train as a DSL (Designated Safeguarding Lead) and will work alongside Leaders to manage and report safeguarding concerns or disclosures, working closely with Social
• Care or Early Help where relevant.

 You will work with our pastoral team to ensure key information is shared and supporting other practitioners and class teams to implement action plans and put the relevant support in place.

As the Family Support Manager, you will be involved in extended services such as organising parent events and signposting to external training and events. You will contribute to transition and reintegration work, ensuring integration of students and families into school, ensuring a consistency of approach and treatment.

Information about the school

The Brent Primary School

With extensive grounds, which include a swimming pool, running track and wildlife areas; we are committed to an outdoor learning approach. Our creative, topic-based curriculum "IGNITE" promotes engagement and enjoyment, as well as the knowledge and skills for life-long learning.

We encourage all our staff to be active in their self-development and training. We offer many opportunities for staff to develop their career within our mutually supportive team. We are a Growth Mindset school, without limiting pupil or adult learning. We encourage everyone to strive to be the best they can be personally and professionally.

The Brent Primary School, part of Cygnus Academies Trust, is situated in Dartford. We are an "Good" growing 3 Form Entry Primary school that is friendly and welcoming, with supportive staff and children from a variety of backgrounds. We are caring with effective structures to support staff in their roles across the school.

With a great reputation in the community, The Brent Primary School prides itself on providing the best possible education for the pupils in its care.

Cygnus Academies Trust

The Brent Primary School is part of Cygnus Academies Trust who are a group of friendly, like-minded schools, working together in the best interest of all our children. Driven by a desire to collaborate at every level, with an emphasis on staff development and opportunities for all. Cygnus Academies Trust schools really are a fantastic place to work and learn.

Our approach is to allow all schools to retain and celebrate their uniqueness. While ensuring; great teaching and learning, strong leadership and management, effective local governance, curriculum expertise, visionary business and financial management.

For further information about the Trust, please visit www.cygnus.org.uk

We offer:

Safer Recruitment

Cygnus Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. In line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs will not be accepted, and you are required to complete the application in full giving details of all employment, training and gaps in employment. Cygnus Academies Trust reserves the right to reject incomplete application forms and any consistencies or anomalies will be explored at, or prior to, interview. Any offer of employment is subject to pre-employment checks including a satisfactory ‘Enhanced with Barred List Check’ through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We will require two satisfactory references; one of which must be your line manager in your present or most recent employment. References will be requested prior to interview so please ensure that your referees are available to provide a reference.

Equal Opportunities

Cygnus Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion who welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. All people who work and study at our Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Additional Information

References will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview.

Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete and return a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.

Online Searches will be carried out on shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any concerns will be discussed with candidates at interview.

Further vetting checks including an enhanced DBS, incorporating a check of the Children’s Barred List, will be undertaken on provisional offer.

The Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website.

The Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found on the Trust website.

This post is a customer-facing position and falls within the scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers. The school has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Sarah Rye
• Address:The Brent Primary School, London Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6BA
• Telephone: 01322 223943
• Email: office@brent.kent.sch.uk

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