Education Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 09 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 09 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | LE3 8RA, LE3 8RA |
| Cwmni: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 5446 |
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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Salary: £34,350 - £37,950 per annum
Working Hours: 37 Hours Per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 19th June 2025
Interview Date(s): 30th June 2025
The Inclusion Service are looking for an Education Officer to join the team. If you are passionate about Inclusion and access to education we would love to hear from you.
About the Role
The Inclusion Service works with children, young people and their families to access education and support them to achieve the best outcomes possible. This role within the Service is aimed at ensuring children with medical needs are able to access education whilst they are too unwell to attend school. The role will also involve some work with Pupils Missing Education, Elective Home Education and post 16 young people.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Have an understanding of the statutory legislation that governs education, particularly around children missing education, behaviour, attendance, children with health needs, SEND.
- Significant experience of working with children, young people and families in either case work or education settings including completing assessments.
- The ability to work independently, as part of a team and in collaboration with partners and other professionals.
- Experience of engaging with young people and their families who are vulnerable or from a hard to reach group and supporting them to achieve Educational related outcomes
- Good organisational, planning skills and working to deadlines
- Excellent and engaging communication skills; written, verbal and presentation with varying audiences.
- Possession of a valid driving licence, access to a vehicle, and relevant insurances. However, a reasonable adjustment will be considered for an applicant with a disability.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Emma Wiltshire -Team Manager
Telephone: 01163055987
Email: Emma.Wiltshire@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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