Elective Home Education Advisor EHE Advisor
Grade: JK
Vacancy Hours: Part time term time only
Contract Type: Established
Weekend Working No
Interview Date: w/c 11.12.23
Venue for Interview: County Hall Northallerton
We are recruiting an EHE Advisor who will work with parents/carers and schools to ensure that decisions to electively home educate are well informed and that parents are delivering an appropriate education for their child which enables them to achieve and access their chosen path at post 16.
We are looking to recruit an EHE Advisor who is eager to play a positive role in a child or young person’s life by applying appropriate support and challenge to parents/carers to ensure a suitable full-time education is in place based on the child or young person’s ability and aptitude. Where education is not suitable the EHE Advisor will ensure parents/carers understand what factors need improving and will work with Attendance & Enforcement Officers to purse legal intervention where necessary.
About the role
The EHE Advisors will be based across Scarborough/Ryedale/Whitby. Travel across the county will sometimes be required. In this role, you will be responsible for (but not limited to)
- Assess, advise and promote the development of EHE children’s education through partnership with parents of school age children with the full range of abilities including any SEN’s
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people
- Ensure strong communication framework at locality level for individual parents/carers and children and young people to ensure feedback influences practice and development of services and provision
- Use a Multi-Disciplinary approach to fulfil the Local Authority’s statutory duty to ensure no child is missing in education
- Work alongside Attendance & Enforcement Officers to pursue legal intervention where education is not suitable
About you
We are seeking applications from those who not only work well as a team but also by themselves and who can build trusting relationships with professionals and families whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
You must be able to evidence experience of negotiating and influencing competently and appropriately to secure positive outcomes for hard to reach and vulnerable children. You will have a good understanding of the National curriculum, quality first teaching and attainment measures for children of school age.
It is essential you can demonstrate recent successful experience of working with children and young people in education with the full range of abilities including SEN. It is vital that you possess the desire, passion and motivation to work with families and have good emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes.
What can we offer you?
Successful candidates will receive a training program, which will include safeguarding. We can also offer you a range of employee benefits, including a competitive salary, generous leave entitlement, a government pension scheme and access to our ‘Everybody Benefits’ package, which includes a variety of retail discounts. You will be fully enabled through mobile kit to work in a highly agile way at locations across designated local authorities.
We can offer you a comprehensive benefits package including:
·Modern flexible working practices;
·A local government pension scheme;
·Family friendly leave;
·Salary sacrifice, employee cash backs and discounts schemes; and ·
Learning, development and career advancement opportunities.
Interested in joining our team? We would love to speak to you about the opportunities available please contact Sarah Fawcett, Lead of Education Other than At School (EOTAS) & Medical Education, via email sarah.fawcett@northyorks.gov.uk.
Key documents
BPSS
Post holders are subject to employment clearances to meet Baseline Personnel Security Standards (link) which includes identity, employment history, right to work, time spent abroad and unspent criminal record (basic DBS) vetting.
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.
North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.