Virtual School Service Manager

Kirklees Council; Kirklees; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff benefits

Job summary

Kirklees Council is seeking a Virtual School Service Manager to work with the Virtual School Headteacher and oversee children and young people in care as one cohort. You will identify gaps, coordinate provision with schools, providers and strategic leads, and monitor attainment, progress and attendance.

You will lead Leads and Achievement Coordinators, working with Social Workers, Headteachers and Designated Teachers to ensure an integrated approach that increases life chances for

Qualifications

• Experience in an educational setting.
• Leadership and management experience within a learning setting or local authority.
• Knowledge of processes for Children and Young People in Care (care planning, review framework, accountability).
• Understanding the needs of care-experienced young people to progress in learning.
• Knowledge of legislation and national guidance relating to learning and care of care-experienced young people.

Responsibilities

• Oversee our care-experienced children and young people as one Virtual School cohort and identify gaps in provision.
• Work with schools, providers and strategic leads to ensure appropriate provision and monitor attainment, progress and attendance.
• Lead the team of Leads and Achievement Coordinators to drive forward this work for individual young people.
• Collaborate with Social Workers, Managers, Headteachers and Designated Teachers to ensure integrated ways of working.

Skills

Educational leadership

Managing teams

Stakeholder collaboration

Care-experienced youth needs

Legislation knowledge

Job description

Do you have high aspirations for young people and want to make a real difference?

Are you passionate about supporting the education of our children and young people care experienced?

Can you challenge others as a champion for our children and young people in care so that they can overcome any barriers to learning and achieve their potential?

Then this is the job for you.

The role of the Virtual School Service Manager is to work closely with the Virtual School Headteacher to have oversight of our children and young people in care as though they are in one Virtual School cohort. This includes identifying gaps in provision, working with schools, providers and strategic leads across the council to ensure that appropriate provision is in place to meet their learning needs, monitoring attainment, progress and attendance, and leading the team of Leads and Achievement Coordinators to drive forward this work for all individual young people.

You will work closely with partners, including Social Workers and Managers, Headteachers and Designated Teachers to ensure there is an integrated approach to our ways of working with our young people to increase the positive life chances of our young people in care and care leavers.

You will require:

• Experience in an educational setting.
• Successful leadership and management experience within a learning setting or local authority.
• Detailed knowledge of the processes and procedures in place for Children and Young People in Care, for example care planning, review framework, accountability to meet statutory requirements.
• Understanding the needs of care experienced young people to progress in their learning journey.
• A comprehensive knowledge of the legislation and national guidance relating to learning and the education and care of care experienced young people.

BENEFITS

Our employees are at the very heart of the services we provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the best possible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great range of staff benefits to support you in and out of work.

Based at Civic Centre 3, but predominantly home-working.