Education Welfare Officer (Elective Home Education Lead Officer)

The Education Welfare Service carries out Calderdale's statutory duties in respect of ensuring that children attend school regularly and achieve their academic potential. The service undertakes a range of enforcement measures to support this aim.

The service also has responsibility for ensuring that children who are educated at home receive a suitable education, that all children who enter and leave Calderdale have a suitable education provision and licences child performances and issues Work Permits for school age children in part-time work.

To continue the work of this service, the Education Welfare Service are looking to recruit a Lead Officer for Elective Home Education. Within this role the successful applicant will ensure that the service delivers its core statutory responsibilities in respect of ensuring that all children who are home educated receive suitable education.

This can include difficult conversations and decisions on the use of statutory enforcement measures wherever the education provided is deemed to be unsuitable. The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring all our procedures comply with government legislation and guidance and will be required to provide a range of analytical reports that includes the narrative behind the data.

The role will involve directing the work of an Education Welfare Officer with a home education remit.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree standard ideally with a teaching or social care qualification or have significant experience of working with children and families in an education related setting.

They will be able to exercise authority and be able to present information to a high standard and be able to produce and deliver a range of reports to a wide range of audiences both within the authority and with a range of external partners and agencies.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.

As part of our Vision (https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working / job share opportunities.

On 30 January 2019, the Council declared a climate emergency in a bold move to step up its action to tackle climate change.

Calderdale Council embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce, and we are committed to providing an environment that is inclusive. We encourage applications from people who share our commitment to challenge inequality and promote diversity across Calderdale.

We particularly welcome applications from communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation. All applications are anonymised before being seen by the selection panel.

For support on your application please read our Application Booklet or visit our Employment Hub

We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date, an early submission is advised.