Brighton (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£41418 - £44428
37
Job introduction
- Do you enjoy working in education and helping young people with complex needs remain in education?
- Are you able to work independently and part of a friendly and diverse team?
- Do you have effective verbal and communication skills and be able to build and maintain business relationships with internal and external partners from all diverse backgrounds?
If so, we would like to hear from you.
The education advisor is line managed by the Team Manager for the Extended Adolescent Service the team sits within the wider Adolescent Service. The role requires you to have an excellent knowledge of education and the challenges faced by young people who are not in full time education or have been out of an education setting for a significant period. The role requires you to have a good understanding of multi-agency working. You will be required to work with social workers, teachers, psychologist, and other professionals to carefully formulate bespoke packages for young people with complex needs.
The role is varied and rewarding. Working with social care networks, adolescent service advising and supporting parents, liaising with schools and some direct work with young people are key task of the role.
For an informal discussion, please contact Leon Maxwell (Team Manager) on 0754-2322248
About the role
- You will be responsible for education advice within the Adolescent Services and be the single point of contact to manage and address children and young people’s educational needs.
- You will be working alongside the Local Education Authority and schools to ensure that all young people open to Brighton and Hove Adolescent Services have access to and are engaged in appropriate education.
- You will direct, monitor, advise, and support schools working as part of a multi-disciplinary network alongside the Virtual School, the Educational Psychology Service, Special Educational Needs (SEN), Youth Employability Services, and local authority specialist education providers.
Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
Part office / part home – hybrid - 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.
Working arrangements are subject to Government guidance at the time. 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)
Some of the benefits include: -
- A strong commitment to continued professional development.
- Flexible working option to ensure a healthy work life balance.
- A wide range of welfare and wellbeing resources including staff discount schemes and staff networks such as: the BME Workers’ Forum, LGBT Workers’ Forum and Women Workers’ Forum, the Disabled Workers’ and Carers Network.
Company information
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).
Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.