Elective Home Education Officer x2 - Education Welfare
Carpentaria Shire
Temporary Elective Home Education Officer x2 - Education Welfare
Reference no: Wakefield TCL 0008 BEC8 / 1
Pay Rate: £15.43 per hour PAYE
37 Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 16:30
This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: NORMANTON
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
Hybrid working
Required to work in conjunction with established Education Welfare Officers in assisting with Elective Home Education. The work will involve travelling around the Wakefield District and the postholders will be required to have skills in working with families and young people and able to assess work that is provided by them as suitable. Postholders will need to be able travel frequently around the district.
Need to be able to use IT systems and have a full understanding and good working practice of data protection and safeguarding. The postholders would be working within an established team and supporting this educative work.
Key Responsibilities
Undertake all aspects of Education Welfare Officer role.
Manage a caseload of electively home educated pupils in liaison with the Cluster Education Welfare Officer
Provide support, clear advice and guidance to professionals in universal settings regarding school attendance, developing appropriate actions plans with regard to attendance thus meeting agreed Service Level commitments with schools.
Ensure that prompt, consistent and rigorous intervention in line with statutory processes for pupils with poor attendance is robust, and advising schools and academies regarding compliance with legislation/DfE guidance in relation to attendance, where appropriate identify and challenge poor practice.
Provide support to schools with regard to safeguarding issues around non-attendance for example quick identification of absence indicating a potential Child Missing Education or a school refuser and exploitation of vulnerable children through; County Lines, Sexual exploitation etc.), advocating for children and families.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do no t offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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