Ehe Advisor, Scarborough

**Grade: JK**

**Contract Type: Permanent (Term Time Only plus 2 weeks)**

**Hours/Working Pattern: 18.5 hours (0.5 FTE)**

**Weekend Working: No**

**Closing Date: 13 March 2024**

**Interview Date: 15 March 2024**

**Venue for Interview: Microsoft Teams**

We are recruiting an EHE Advisor to join a team of 3 x EHE Advisors who will work with parents/carers and schools to ensure that decisions to electively home educate are well informed and that parents are supported to plan an appropriate education for their child which enables them to achieve and access their chosen path at post 16.

The EHE Advisors will be based across Scarborough, Ryedale and Whitby. Travel across the county will sometimes be required.

In this role, you will be responsible for (but not limited to):

- Assess, advise and promote the development of EHE children’s education through partnership with parents of school age children with the full range of abilities including any SEN’s
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people
- Ensure strong communication framework at locality level for individual parents/carers and children and young people to ensure feedback influences practice and development of services and provision
- Use a Multi-Disciplinary approach to fulfil the Local Authority’s statutory duty to ensure no child is missing in education

You must be able to evidence experience of negotiating and influencing competently and appropriately to secure positive outcomes for hard to reach and vulnerable children.

You will have a good understanding of the National curriculum, quality first teaching and attainment measures for children of school age.

It is essential you can demonstrate recent successful experience of working with children and young people in education with the full range of abilities including SEN.

It is vital that you possess the desire, passion and motivation to work with families and have good emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes.

What can we offer you?

We can offer you a range of employee benefits, including a competitive salary, generous leave entitlement, a government pension scheme and access to our ‘Everybody Benefits’ package, which includes a variety of retail discounts. You will be fully enabled through mobile kit to work in a highly agile way at locations across designated local authorities.

We can offer you a comprehensive benefits package including:

- Modern flexible working practices
- A local government pension scheme
- Family friendly leave
- Salary sacrifice, employee cash backs and discounts schemes
- Learning, development and career advancement opportunities

**Key Dates**:
**Closing Date: 13 March 2024**

**Interview Date: 15 March 2024**

**DBS**

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

**Supporting Documents**:
Job Description.docx

Total Rewards

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.