Parent Adviser

1 week ago

Gloucester, United Kingdom Gloucestershire County Council Full time

**Parent Adviser**:

- Date: 25 Jun 2024- Job Location: GloucesterThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Parent Adviser
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 4, 3rd Floor
- Salary: £30,825 - £33,945 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 04/07/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 9372
- This post is not open to job share

**About the role and team**:
Within the Access to Education team, an opportunity has arisen for a Parent Adviser role to work within the In Year team. You will be part of a friendly, supportive, and established team.

The primary focus for this role is to work with schools, families, and other partner organisations to ensure children are able to access a full education which is appropriate to their needs, there by improving education outcomes.

While a range of statutory duties must be met within this role, the main aim is to take a child-centred approach within this framework to broker support required to meet individual need.

The role of Parent Adviser includes:

- Undertaking specific tasks in relation to children missing education and home education.
- Providing appropriate guidance and challenge to school leaders and governors to ensure statutory responsibilities are being met
- Work closely with internal and external colleagues to provide high quality and advice to parents on access issues through a variety of media, targeting in particular those who might have difficultly navigating the system

**About you**:

- You will have strong communication and organisational skills.
- You will be taking calls from internal colleagues as well as members of the public, so a professional telephone manner is required
- If you are proactive and enjoy working within a team, then this could be the ideal role for you.
- You will need to have empathy for the challenges that young people and their families experience

In return we will offer you:

- Regular formal and informal support.
- Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
- Access to relevant training and career progression.
- Annual leave of 25.5 days (pro rata) up to 30.5 days (pro rata) after 5 years employment.
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply).

**Additional Information**

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

- Parent Adviser Job Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

As your work may involve some travel across the county, it’s preferable that you hold a full, valid driving licence and have use of a suitable and insured vehicle.

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