Education Support Worker for Children in Care and Children Previously in Care
24 days left to apply
Portslade Hub, Mile Oak Road, Portslade. (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£32076 - £36648
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Job introduction
We are looking for a full time permanent Education Support Worker.
You will join an established team who provide educational support for children in care and children previously in care, enabling them to achieve their full potential and succeed as adults.
Interview date: Thursday 17th October 2024
For an informal discussion, please contact Sam Wilson,Virtual School Lead on: 07787 697 696 or email at: sam.wilson@brighton-hove.gov.uk
About the role
As an Education Support Worker, you will be supporting a range of children and young people in their school, college or other alternative provision. The Education Support Worker supports the work of Virtual School Advisers and the Virtual School Lead, schools, social workers, carers and other professionals.
You will ensure each child or young person is provided with an educational placement in a timely manner, you will then monitor the placement via the school, looking at progress; educational targets; attendance and any support requirements.
You will hold exceptionally high aspirations for each child. As the corporate parent you will be willing to challenge senior educational professionals and expect the highest standards of teaching and learning and support for every child in care.
You will facilitate and support personal education plans (PEPs) which are held three times each year; this is a regular opportunity for the school; social workers; carers and educational professionals to discuss how barriers to progress can be overcome; pick up any issues and work out possible solutions; help to set targets and agree how Pupil Premium Plus can be used to meet individual needs, so that the child makes accelerated progress.
You will undertake any other administrative tasks which support the work of the Education Advisers and Lead. You must be self-motivated and able to work independently.
You will hold a caseload of children and young people based in different educational settings across a range of phases and year groups from Reception to Year 13. As you will be required to manage the child’s needs on a day-to-day basis it will be necessary to be well organised and able to prioritise individual requirements as they arise. The ability to make decisions; analyse data and apply high level IT skills will be essential.
Having previously worked within an educational setting is recommended.
It will be necessary to build good relationships with school colleagues but also be able to represent the needs of the young person in a robust and positive manner.
You may be required to travel throughout Brighton & Hove to visit educational settings.
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Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
Company information
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Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.