Elective Home Education Access Specialist

West Yorkshire Pension Fund; Ings; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Education Safeguarding Service in Bradford is recruiting two Elective Home Education Access Officers to join the Education Safeguarding Team. You will support families and schools on Elective Home Education and work with partners to ensure every child receives a suitable full-time education.

You will contribute to universal and targeted early education activities, engage families, and respond to multi-agency needs to safeguard children electively educated at home.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

The Education Safeguarding Service in Bradford is recruiting two Elective Home Education Access Officers to join the Education Safeguarding Team. You will support families and schools on Elective Home Education and work with partners to ensure every child receives a suitable full-time education.

You will contribute to universal and targeted early education activities, engage families, and respond to multi-agency needs to safeguard children electively educated at home.