Virtual School Education Support Advisor

3 days ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham City Council Full time

Birmingham Virtual School Education Advisor
Permanent
Grade C: £35,412 - £44,075
Working 36.5 hours per week
Term time only (39 weeks) + 10 days.
We are seeking to appoint a Virtual School Advisor for children and young people known to a social worker in Birmingham. The work does also cover out of area educational settings.

All About The Role
You will be joining us as part of an exciting period of change and development as our service is growing into a new structure and roles. Key areas of responsibility are:

  • To act as an education advocate for a specific cohort of children and young people known to a social worker, residing both in and out of city.
  • To work in partnership with relevant agencies in Birmingham and other LAs (where applicable) to prioritise and support the education and welfare of children and young people known to a social worker
  • To actively support education settings to identify and implement appropriate interventions, such as trauma informed and attachment aware practice, to improve the engagement and attainment of children and young people.
  • To coordinate effective education planning for children and young people known to a social worker, ensuring effective transitions, supporting education settings to maintain the progress they have made and address any gaps in learning
  • For children and young people in care, to oversee and quality assure the termly Personal Education Plan process, to ensure the child or young person benefits from focused targets and use of Pupil Premium Plus;
  • Where required, to contribute to the implementation, monitoring and review of other plans such as EHCPs with multi agency partners to meet the assessed needs of the young person in care or previously in care

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact:

We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

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