Diocesan Staff

Plymouth Flourish Lead Worker

Salary £35,875 per annum

Closing date for applications: 9:00am on 6th July 2026

Hours: Full time (36.25 hours per week)

FLOURISH is an innovative pilot project which is taking place in schools across the country, seeking to start new, intergenerational worshipping communities within schools. Each FLOURISH project is unique and we are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and committed leader, who will prayerfully and creatively develop & lead the project at All Saints Church of England Academy, Plymouth in connection with St Pancras Church.

The aim of the Pilot Project is to start, develop and lead a new worshipping community at the school, embodying the five core principles underpinning the FLOURISH initiative:

Ensure that young people’s voices are instinctively at the centre of all leadership decision-making and implementation
Clearly articulated and shared purpose to grow a younger and more diverse community of Christian disciples
Strategic leadership partnership between the All Saints Church of England Academy and St Pancras Church
Develop intergenerational faith experiences involving children, their families and the wider community of all ages
Develop worship that is fully integrated into the regular rhythms, practices, structures and resources of the school’s vision for ﬂourishing of children and adults

We are seeking to appoint someone to work with the students in All Saints Church of England Academy, involving them in the journey of exploring and discovering faith and of creating a brand-new intergenerational worshipping community.

The main aim of the FLOURISH School Lead role is to develop a vision for how a new intergenerational worshipping community can be started within the life of All Saints Church of England Academy and then to establish & lead implementation of the vision and strategy.

This will include:

Collaborating with school staff, and being available to be involved with the regular pattern of collective worship in the school, and with other opportunities for spiritual development
Working with children in the school, giving them opportunities to help shape the direction of the new worshipping community as it is established
Collaborating with All Saints Academy and St Pancras Church, so that new intergenerational worship opportunities can be established, including ensuring this builds on and enhances current provision
Playing a significant role in the life of the school and church community
Having the flexibility to work during the school day (for example within existing patterns of Collective Worship and times for spirituality), and outside of school hours including some weekend work
Furthering links between church, school and home, including through attending community events
Engaging with national FLOURISH resources and training and opportunities offered by organisations partnering with the national FLOURISH initiative
Participating proactively in Growing Faith/FLOURISH worker EDBF networks
Exploring ways to keep the new worshipping community engaged during the school holidays
Collaborating with the church to explore opportunities for children and their families to continue as members of FLOURISH, or other worshipping opportunities within the church, as children move on from the school
Collating and submitting project evaluation data, working with the Diocesan and national FLOURISH teams to assess the impact of the pilot, and helping the wider church to learn lessons for future FLOURISH projects and growing faith work.

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Closing date: Monday 6 July at 9am

This role will require to apply for an enhanced DBS check (with barred list) from the Disclosure and Barring Service in connection with this role.