Family Inclusion Support Officer

Family Inclusion Support Officer

Redbridge Community School are looking to recruit a dynamic individual to work with targeted families as identified by senior leaders within the school. The post holder will strengthen links between the school, parents and families in order to reduce the impact of disadvantage on educational attainment. They must have the ability to lead on attendance procedures within the school and promote good attendance with families.

Ideally, the successful candidate will be accustomed to dealing with parents / carers, families, schools and outside agencies.

• Work closely with the school to address the needs of students who require assistance in overcoming barriers in attending school. To be able to support them with a variety of issues including attendance, punctuality, challenging behaviour and low self-esteem.
• Work with families to encourage excellent home / school links
• Work alongside Heads of Year and the Senior Leadership Team in attending child protection meetings
• Target families requiring support and engage them in the learning process.
• Strengthen the school’s links with parents / carers and the community
• Organise parental events in school.
• The post holder will be responsible for utilising multi-agency support to signpost families to help and opportunities relevant to their needs and will offer a friendly, approachable and non-judgemental service.
• They will lead on monitoring attendance, identifying strategies to promote good attendance as well as challenging where attendance is below the acceptable level, working closely with outside agencies and the EWO service as appropriate.

• A work/life balance that is envied by other schools – Your life outside school is just as important!
• A true community school where it feels like you are making a difference
• An ethos of care for students and staff alike
• A leadership team that supports staff in all they do
• An entitlement to a Private Health Care plan as soon as you join us

Redbridge Community School is an Ofsted rated (2023) “Good” school in Southampton. In June 2025 we were once more awarded as Platinum Investors in People School, placing us in the top 1 % of employers nationally. Investors in People Platinum Award School – The IIP Platinum accreditation is the highest accolade that can be achieved against the Investors in People Standard and is currently held by only 1 % of IIP accredited organisations who have truly met and advanced the expectations of our framework.

Built on the three pillars of Leading, Supporting and …

“There is an underlying ‘family’ feel to the school, with everyone wanting to do their best for the students, whilst supporting one another in their development and wellbeing.”

“Leaders invest heavily in their staff, for example they provide opportunities for staff to take care of both their physical and mental health. Staff feel valued and like working at the school. They comment favourably on Leaders’ attempts to reduce unnecessary workload, enable flexible working and respond positively to reasonable requests for compassionate or other leave.”

Final Closing date for applications: 2 March 2026

Redbridge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre‑employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; prohibition check; childcare disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide suitable references.

For any questions relating to this role, or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact:
Mrs Sarah Morris, HR Administrator by email to –