Children's Employment and Entertainment Officer

About the role

We are seeking to recruit a Child Employment and Entertainment Officer in the Education Inclusion & Partnership Team in North Northamptonshire Council. You would be joining a highly motivated, committed team which has been brought together from a wide range of experiences to ensure pupils have full access to and are safe in education, entertainment and employment and to support access to these opportunities.

The role of Child Employment and Entertainment Officer involves working closely venues, agents, production companies, and businesses, alongside other local authorities, to support children and young people to ensure they have access to opportunities in performance industries and part-time employment while fulfilling their educational outcomes.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce which reflects the community we serve. We aim to create a workplace that celebrates diversity as we know our greatest strengths are the people who make up our team.

We want talented, ambitious and passionate people like you to come and take on this challenging and rewarding role. With excellent oral and written communication skills, you will be a clear thinker and outcome focussed. Collaborative multi-agency working is key to this role alongside being resilient and determined.

What will you be doing?

The Educational Inclusion and Partnerships Team fulfil the statutory duties of the local authority pertaining to children and young people of statutory school age including Elective Home Education (EHE), Children Missing Education (CME), Child Employment and Entertainment (CEE), securing 6th day provision following Permanent Exclusion and investigations for the offence of failing to secure regular school attendance. To support the delivery of these duties we require a Child Employment and Entertainment Officer to undertake DBS checks for Chaperones and to issue Child Employment and Entertainment Licenses.

1. Manage and maintain data pertaining to Child Employment and Entertainment.
2. Undertake inspection visit to employers and production venues to ensure compliance.
3. Issue licenses in respect of Child Employment, Entertainment and Chaperones.
4. Hold responsibility for the processing of DBS requests. (Chaperones)
5. Investigate reports of potential breaches of associated legislation and, where applicable, prepare written statements to support the Prosecutions Manager.
6. Support the development and review of associated policy and processes.
7. Promote Child Employment and Entertainment legislation and requirements to partners including schools, businesses and the wider community.
8. Undertake additional tasks to support the Service Manager in accordance with the role and functions of the post and provide support to Business Support colleagues as require

About you

Qualified to Level 3/A level or equivalent.

Experience of working with a range of IT systems including but not limited to Microsoft packages.

Experience of working with schools or local authorities.

Experience of working with a range of stakeholders.

Detailed knowledge of child employment and entertainment legislation including local bye laws.

Awareness of relevant legislation including data protection, safeguarding, health and safety and supervision.

Ability to utilise IT systems including manipulation of data.

Ability to produce written reports.

Ability to produce and deliver effective presentations.

Ability to challenge effectively.

Ability to manage own caseload and prioritise responsibilities.

Ability to demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs.

Ability to travel to various locations across the authority area.

The role may require unsociable working patterns including evenings and weekends.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)