Education Lead, MACPT

Leicestershire County Council; Leicester; Presencial; GBP 51 000 - 56 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Leicestershire County Council invites applications for Education Lead within the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT) to bring authoritative education expertise to safeguarding decisions and improve outcomes for children in Leicestershire. You will provide strategic responses to MACPT learning needs, facilitate education services, and work across education, children’s social care and partner organisations.

An enhanced DBS check is required.

Qualificações

• Teaching qualification or significant experience within an education setting.
• Significant child protection and safeguarding experience within education.
• Strong multi-agency experience across education, children’s social care and partner organisations.
• Professional authority and influence with experience challenging peers and driving improvements.
• Excellent communication skills to turn complex information into clear, concise advice.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills with professional curiosity and ability to manage priorities.
• A passion for improving outcomes through inclusive, trauma-informed and equitable education.

Responsabilidades

• Provide strategic leadership within MACPT to inform safeguarding decisions.
• Facilitate education services and providers to increase skills, understanding and practice.

Conhecimentos

Teaching qualification

Child protection experience

Multi-agency experience

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Decision-making skills

Trauma-informed education

Inclusive education

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Salary: £50,847 - £55,602 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 11th November 2026

Interview Date(s): 20th November 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the role of education at the heart of multi-agency child protection in Leicestershire.

About the Role

As Education Lead within the newly formed Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT), you’ll bring authoritative education expertise to some of the most important decisions we make for children, championing their safety, educational engagement and outcomes. You will provide a strategic response to the operational learning of the MACPT, to facilitate education services and providers increase skills, understanding, and practice.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1,000 words

• A teaching qualification or significant experience within an education setting, alongside a strong track record of working with children and young people.
• Significant child protection and safeguarding experience within education, with a sound understanding of statutory child protection processes and relevant education legislation and guidance.
• Strong multi-agency experience, with the confidence to work collaboratively across education, children’s social care and other partner organisations.
• Professional authority and influence, with experience of constructively challenging peers and senior colleagues, providing oversight and helping to drive improvements in practice.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to turn complex information into clear, concise advice and share learning effectively with different audiences.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, bringing professional curiosity, autonomy and an evidence-informed approach while managing competing priorities and statutory timescales.
• A passion for improving outcomes through inclusive, trauma-informed and equitable education, and for ensuring education has a strong voice within the child protection system.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our valuesandto delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:

Charlotte Davis - Safeguarding and Compliance Lead

Email: [e-mail]