Legal Intervention Coordinator - School Attendance & Safeguarding

birmingham.gov.uk; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham City Council is seeking a Legal Intervention Coordinator to join the Children and Families Directorate on a secondment for an initial 6 months, with potential extension. The post covers attendance statutory action, review of referrals under Education Act duties, and undertakes related court actions.

Hybrid role, based in Birmingham, with required days in council buildings as business needs dictate. Strong safeguarding ethos and organisational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong background in school attendance, legal intervention or education support.
• Experience with statutory procedures and safeguarding.
• Proficient with word-processing, databases and spreadsheets; able to produce statistical reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide information, advice and guidance to school staff on legal procedures and evidence for prosecutions.
• Communicate with defendants and attend court as authorised officer.
• Develop and review systems relating to legal procedures and time scales.
• Manage Penalty Notices and advise on criteria for issuing notices.
• Prepare Statements of Witness for non-attendance prosecutions.
• Plan and deliver legal documentation to defendants and support trials.

Skills

School attendance

Legal intervention

Education support

Safeguarding

Organisational skills

Computerised systems

Word processing

Databases

Spreadsheets

Tools

Word processing

Databases

Spreadsheets

Job description

Birmingham City Council is seeking a Legal Intervention Coordinator to join the Children and Families Directorate on a secondment for an initial 6 months, with potential extension. The post covers attendance statutory action, review of referrals under Education Act duties, and undertakes related court actions.

Hybrid role, based in Birmingham, with required days in council buildings as business needs dictate. Strong safeguarding ethos and organisational skills are essential.