Alternative Provision Lead

2 weeks ago


Preston, United Kingdom Veesupportservices Ltd Full time

Lancanshire council is looking for a Alternative Provision Lead ( Grade 10 ) For approx 3 months
This role is a hybrid role expected to work from County Hall, Preston when required (at least 2 days per week)
Start date is ASAP

Job Description:
Job Purpose
- Management and oversight of alternative provision and professional staff to ensure appropriate use of alternative provision in line with statutory guidance.
- To work with settings, partners and families to ensure exclusion legislation is understood and adhered to when making decisions.
- To work with families and partners to ensure elective home education legislation is understood, communicated across teams and adhered to when making decisions.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities
- The post holder will require good interpersonal skills to provide direction to their team and act as a technical reference to deal with complex escalated issues.
- Provide support for strategic development.
- Implementation of local and national policy.
- They will be involved in decision making and planning purposes to develop the exclusion process and elective home education processes in Lancashire.
- Contribute to and have oversight of medical placement decisions of alternative provision places. Review processes and implement changes to ensure clear decision-making processes are in place.
- Contribute to the analysis and shaping of the exclusion process; identifying risks and opportunities, and solutions, and directly feed information and recommendations to the Inclusion service senior managers and Head of Service.
- Ensure arrangements are in place to appropriately support and advise schools and other professional colleagues on matters relating to alternative provision, elective home education and to support inclusion.
- Ensure all pupils for whom the LA is responsible under Section 19 have access to appropriate education in line with statutory guidance;
- Resolve complex problems relating to alternative provision and wider partners and teams.
- Work collaboratively with schools, a range of LA services and other providers, to implement strategies and effective models that support inclusion, reduce exclusions and promote better outcomes for pupils at risk of exclusion;
- Track and monitor the exclusion process from start to finish and ensure the young person's destination is clear and communicated throughout.
- Track and monitor elective home education data to identify key trends and areas for improvement.

Other

**Qualifications**:

- Qualified professional or equivalent with significant relevant experience or; Significant vocational experience, demonstrating development through involvement in a series of progressively more demanding relevant roles Level 3 (or higher) professional qualification in a relevant children's service or equivalent
- Qualified Teacher Status

**Job Type**: Temporary contract
Contract length: 3 months

**Salary**: £22.51 per hour

Expected hours: 37 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

**Experience**:

- Teaching: 1 year (required)
- ICT: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Level 3 qualification in relevant children's service (required)
- Qualified Teacher Status (required)

Work Location: In person



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