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Virtual School Inclusion Officer

3 months ago

Chelmsford, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time

**Virtual School Inclusion Officer**

Fixed Term, Term Time

Up to £37,427 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 24th May 2024

**Please note that this is a Term Time only fixed term contract opportunity for a period of 12 months.**

**The Role**

Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK, serving a population of 2 million residents, and has a very successful track record of delivering transformational change. ECC anticipated change was needed in the public sector and has worked to deliver better quality at lower cost. We have an ambitious transformation agenda - one with the scope to reach every part of the council. We are changing the way we think, the way we work, and the ways in which we deliver our services. We are committed to becoming a place where individuals, partners and communities feel proud to play their role and genuinely want to belong. We’re immensely proud of our flexible working options.

**The Opportunity**

The Virtual School Service work in designated localities with Children in Care (CiC) to improve the attendance and access to education. The Service supports other professionals working with children in their care, by sharing good practice relating to education.

The Virtual Schools Inclusion Officer will monitor suspensions of children in care, supporting or challenging schools and ensuring appropriate provision is put in place. Contributing to cross service arrangements to progress cases, working with other school managers, professionals and partners to remove barriers to education for children in care, reduce NEET and contribute to the Raising Participation Age strategy.

Supporting the work of the Children in Care Council, to ensure young people’s views are listened to and participating in opportunities for children in care to contribute to the planning and delivery of services.

**Accountabilities**
- Partner with designated localities with the Inclusion team for CiC. Accountable for the improvement of the attendance and access to education for children in care within quadrant.
- Responsible for monitoring and improving attendance, attainment and reducing suspensions through solution focused casework across designated localities, to narrow the gap in attainment and improve outcomes for children in care wherever they receive their education.
- Use attendance data to identify children in care at risk of persistent absence and undertake appropriate casework action to improve their attendance and remove barriers to learning.
- Influence school leaders and other professionals to progress individual cases to remove barriers to access to education.
- Responsible for managing and escalating complex cases with the assigned quadrant, working closely with the Lead Inclusion Officer (VS) to reduce suspensions, raise attendance and reduce the number of CiC missing Education.
- Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the compliance and quality of Personal Education Plans with regard to how they meet the needs of the specific child or young person, irrespective of where the child receives their education.
- Provide advice, support and challenge to schools and other professionals on individual cases in order to improve attendance, attainment, reduce suspensions and improve outcomes for children in care.
- Support the Head of Virtual Schools in driving forward cultural, workforce and other changes necessary to ensure services cohere around children and young people’s needs and secure improved outcomes.
- Contribute to ECC’s action plan to support a reduction in permanent exclusions, support reintegration into mainstream education and referrals process where required to support CiC with SEND ensuring education programmes are implemented quickly.
- Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

**The Experience You Will Bring**
- Educated to RQF level 3 (A level) or equivalent by experience with recent learning and development in relation to new initiatives and the needs of children in care.
- Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge of legislation, regulations and guidance that relate to education, attendance and suspensions and how it relates to children in care.
- Proven knowledge and successful experience of casework management in the area of attendance, access and removing barriers to education.
- Successful evidence-based experience of undertaking casework to improve and resolve educational issues through a solution focused approach.
- A sound understanding and knowledge of legislation, regulations and guidance that relates to education, attendance and exclusion and how it relates to children in care.
- Ability to work in partnership with school managers advocating for CiC, providing advice, support or challenge, whilst maintaining a positive working relationship.
- Evidence of working