North Yorkshire County Council Hiring for Medical Education Service Job at Northallerton, England , UK Full Time

Location

Across County – Hybrid working

Salary From

Teachers Mainscale 1-6 – Upper Pay Scale 1-3. Subject to successful candidates current salary.

Salary To

Teachers Mainscale 1-6 – Upper Pay Scale 1-3. Subject to successful candidates current salary.

Contract: 1yr fixed term
Hours: 0.5 FTE

Locations: Post is hybrid working with some travel across county necessary

In September 2020 we launched the new Medical Education Service (MES) which helps schools to provide continuity in education when a child or young people has been absent from school due to a physical or mental health need.

We are looking to recruit a committed and passionate MES Locality Coordinator who is eager to play a positive role in a child or young person’s life during what may be a challenging time for them and their family. This is a very rewarding opportunity to be a part of a new service which will ensure a child’s education continues despite their medical need.

About the role

In this role, you will be responsible for (but not limited to) –

• Managing and supervising a number of MES Maths and English Teachers and MES HLTA’s as well as coordinating their timetables across the areas.

• Agreeing whether requests to the MES meet the criteria and identifying what level of intervention is appropriate.

• Providing support and appropriate challenge to schools to ensure they are making reasonable adjustments for children with medical needs so they can access an education.

• Deliver either Maths or English education to children and young people aged between 5-18 years old

• Developing positive relationships with stakeholders including Health Specialists to ensure they contribute to the multi-disciplinary meetings

• Overseeing packages of education for children and young people not currently on the roll of a school.

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 strong experience of working with children in an education setting, along with significant experience of the English and/ or Maths curriculum.

You will have a good understanding how physical and mental health needs may impact on curriculum access, social and emotional development.

It is essential you can demonstrate significant recent successful mainstream classroom experience.

It is vital that you possess the desire, passion and motivation to work with children and young people and have good emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes.

You will need to be highly organised, able to respond calmly to change and confident in having challenging conversations with schools and parents.

What can we offer you?

Successful candidates will receive training each school year based on the needs of the MES. The MES’s current training plan includes remote learning, autism, anxiety, Age Related Expectations (ARE’s), target setting, subject specific courses and Boxall. There will be equivalent to 12.5 hours of INSET days each school year.

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:

• Teachers Pension Scheme;
• Salary sacrifice, employee cash backs and discounts schemes; and
• Learning, development and career advancement opportunities.

Interested in joining our team?

We would be happy to provide information about the role and opportunities available please contact Kate Hunter (MES Interim Lead) [email protected]

Job Description – MES Coordinator.pdf

Total Rewards Brochure.pdf

Key dates

Closing date: Monday 28th November 2022
Interview date: Week commencing 5th December 2022

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYCC 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.