Elective Home Education Officer

Staffordshire County Council; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people to achieve their full potential?

Our Elective Home Education (EHE) Team specializes in working with parents who choose to electively home educate their children and provides the following services:

• Support to parents in providing suitable education for their children
• A statutory function of the local authority in identifying children without a suitable education
• Information, advice, and guidance to other agencies on EHE

Main Responsibilities

Working with families in Cannock and Lichfield districts, you will hold responsibility for a number of children:

• Ensuring parents are providing a suitable education for their children, and offering support information, advice, and guidance where appropriate.
• Developing, facilitating, and organizing family and professionals' meetings, events, and groups to ensure home education is delivered in line with statutory services and is both efficient and effective.

The Ideal Candidate

You'll have:

• NVQ 3 in respect of working with children and their families or equivalent.
• Experience of enabling parents and children to take full advantage of the educational opportunities available.
• Experience of working with parents and children in an education setting.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Neil Dutton (EHE Lead) - [phone]; [e-mail]

Interviews will be held Friday 25 April.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymize applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you'll bring to the role.

As an Authority, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organization and a Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer, and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you'll know, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us, and that's why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable, you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions, and convictions in your application form.