Elective Home Education Access Officers

Bradford Corporation; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradford Council is recruiting for an Education Safeguarding Team member based at Britannia House, operating in a hybrid model with a 37-hour week during term time. The role focuses on preventing and supporting early education access for arriving families and addressing issues around Elective Home Education.

The successful candidate will engage with families and schools, conduct informal enquiries about full-time education suitability, and work with partner agencies to safeguard children not in

Responsibilities

• Contribute to prevention and early help through universal and targeted activities to increase take up of early education as families arrive in Bradford.
• Advise and support families and schools around Elective Home Education.
• Make informal enquiries when children may be electively home educated and assess suitability of full-time education.
• Respond to needs with a multi-agency approach to support electively home educated children not receiving suitable full-time education.

Job description

Education Safeguarding TeamBritannia House / Hybrid37 hoursTerm TimeGrade: SO1

The main responsibilities of this role:

• To make a positive contribution to the prevention and early help offer, in particular through universal and targeted activities to increase take up of early education, statutory education as families arrive in Bradford and reduce the numbers of children missing education.
• To support, engage and advise families and schools around Elective Home Education.
• To make informal enquiries where children may be electively home educated and consider whether children are in receipt of a suitable full-time education.
• To respond to the needs and work in a multi-agency way to support children who are electively home educated and are not receiving suitable full-time education.

Employee Offer

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Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to thrive. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process to support your application, please let us know, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.