Connex - North East
Education Liaison Officer
Middlesbrough
Up to £770 per week
About the role
To make a positive contribution to educational outcomes for children who have or have had a social worker or are in kindship care.
This role seeks to minimise and reduce the outcome gap by:
- Providing high quality information, advice, guidance, support and challenge to key stake holders who have or have had a social worker, to ensure leadership, culture and curriculum design promotes high quality educational experiences and outcomes.
- Ensuring high quality targeted support approach is adopted which specifically impacts on provision for children who have or have had a social worker from 0-18 years.
- Working in partnership with the networks of professionals around children and schools including colleagues within the Education and Social Care Directorates, and carers and partners beyond the Local Authority
- Contributing to the Council’s effective delivery of its statutory and associated obligations in relation to care experienced children.
Assignment Details
The assignment will be long term, on-going 5 days per week, including working through the school holidays.
Duties & Responsibilities Include:
- Work with the relevant key partners (including those within and beyond the LA),
- Manage a caseload of looked after children alongside the young person’s allocated social worker.
- Drive the development of high-quality personal education plans (PEPs) that address each Child Looked After (CLA) specific learning requirements, emotional needs, and potential barriers to learning.
- Ensure that statutory requirements, including the completion of Personal Education Plans (PEPs) and the allocation of the Pupil Premium Plus (PP+) budget, are met, are of a high quality and comply with service expectations.
Full Job Description Can Be Provided On Request
Benefits of working with Connex
- Competitive rates of pay (Paid weekly PAYE)
- Long term opportunities that can lead to permanent employment
- A variety of different roles to suit your needs and work around your lifestyle
- Access to our accredited free CPD training platform to develop yourself further
- Support from a dedicate and knowledgeable Educational Specialist
- Free access to our Classroom Teacher Toolkit skills development package comprising over 70 courses
- Well-being program and refresher training for life in 21st century classroom
Person Specification
- Degree level qualification in a relevant subject, or equivalent substantial experience in supporting the delivery of education to children with a social worker Previous experience with SEN children in a primary, secondary or send school
- DBS On the update service, or willingness to obtain one through Connex Education
- Ability to manage project tasks within a multi-disciplinary environment.
- Experience in the areas of responsibility of the post, including:
- Providing advice to internal and external stakeholders
- Assisting and supporting the delivery of major projects
- Leading on projects and initiatives
- Providing appropriate project financial management
- Ensuring accurate record keeping
- Providing high level challenge to senior stake holders
- Experience of successful partnership working and joint working with statutory and non-statutory organisations.
- Ability to write and present reports.
- Experience of handling and interpreting complex information
- Past 2 years’ worth of referencing
If you are interested in this post, or would like to discuss any further opportunities, please apply today.
All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks, including a DBS check. All appointments will be made subject to a DBS check. Connex Education Partnership is committed to a policy of equal opportunities. We respect and value cultural and religious diversity and will not discriminate based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, religion, culture, marital status or disability. Everyone is assessed on merit alone.
Connex Education Partnership is an employment agency and employment business.
