Education Support Practitioner

Halton Borough Council; Widnes; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days annual leave

LGPS pension

Life cover

Personal development

Free car parking

Flexible working

Car leasing scheme

Monthly car allowance

Job summary

Halton Borough Council is recruiting an Education Support Practitioner (ESP) for a two-year fixed-term contract to support vulnerable children and young people across Halton. The ESP will work across schools, Family Help, Children’s Social Care and partner agencies to shape assessments and planning, ensuring timely access to the right support.

The role involves travel across Halton, close collaboration with various services and a monthly car user allowance.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with children and young people in education or social care.
• Ability to work across schools, Family Help and partner agencies.
• Awareness of safeguarding principles and multi-agency collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with schools, Family Help and partner agencies to ensure the educational needs of children and young people are identified and reflected within assessment and support planning.
• Provide targeted, solution-focused and strengths-based support to children, young people and families to improve attendance, engagement and educational outcomes, including support for children out of education or in Alternative Provision.
• Undertake joint work and visits with Family Help, providing educational expertise and contributing to assessments of need, planning and intervention.
• Support parents and carers to engage with education and relevant services, identifying and mobilising appropriate support to prevent needs from escalating.
• Contribute to safeguarding and quality assurance across the Local Authority, including safeguarding enquiries and improving information sharing between schools and services.

Job description

Education Support Practitioner (ESP)HBC6 | 37 hours per week | Full-time | Fixed-term for 2 years

Our Story:Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It's an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been 'our colleagues'.

Our Team:This is an exciting opportunity to join Halton Virtual School as we develop the next phase of our Education Support Practitioner (ESP) service and extend its remit across education and Family Help.Our ESPs work closely with schools, Family Help, Children's Social Care and wider partner agencies to ensure that the educational needs of vulnerable children and young people are identified and addressed. The role provides an important link between education, families and services, bringing educational expertise into multi-agency assessment and planning and helping children and families to access the right support at the right time.

We are looking to recruit an Education Support Practitioner on a two-year fixed-term basis. This is a varied role involving work across schools, services and the wider community, with regular travel across Halton and, where required, further afield. This post also offers an Essential Monthly Car User Allowance.

Your Contributions:As an Education Support Practitioner, you will:Work closely with schools, Family Help and partner agencies to ensure the educational needs of children and young people are identified and reflected within assessment and support planning.Provide targeted, solution-focused and strengths-based support to children, young people and families to improve attendance, engagement and educational outcomes, including support for children who are out of education or accessing Alternative Provision.Undertake joint work and visits with Family Help, providing educational expertise and contributing to assessments of need, planning and intervention.Support parents and carers to engage with education and relevant services, identifying and mobilising appropriate support and helping to prevent needs from escalating wherever possible.Contribute to safeguarding and quality assurance activity across the Local Authority, including educational screening, safeguarding enquiries, partnership audits, training and improving the quality of information shared between schools and services.

Our Offer:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service


• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions


• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme


• Investment in your personal development


• Free Car Parking at HBC sites


• Flexible working arrangements


• Car leasing schemes


• Essential Monthly Car User Allowance

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you - [e-mail]

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.