Southwark Council Hiring for Education Advisor, Virtual School KS5 Job at London, England , UK Full Time

About Southwark:

Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.

The Role:

We are seeking a qualified teacher to provide education advice to schools, social workers, foster carers and other professionals, in support of Southwark’s looked after children.

You will be an experienced practitioner with an understanding of education provision for looked after children. You will be passionate about tackling inequality and know how to raise pupil achievement. You will support the Deputy Head in driving up improvements in the educational progress and attainment of children in care, including those that have been placed in schools in other local authorities.

With your understanding of vulnerable client groups, you will attend Personal Education Plan meetings (within and beyond Southwark), and other multi-disciplinary meetings to review pupil progress. Where necessary, you will provide effective support and challenge to ensure pupils are given the best possible opportunity to thrive.

Your negotiating and influencing skills will enable you to handle sudden education needs, to secure appropriate provision in close liaison with social workers, designated teachers and schools’ senior management, keeping a looked after child in education.

You will be an excellent communicator, a confident practitioner who can achieve positive outcomes for this important group of children and young people.

About You:

The successful candidate will have Qualified Teacher status, an understanding of local authority responsibilities and relevant government legislation and their impact on services provided for Looked After Children. An Understanding of issues concerning the education of LAC and the importance of every child receiving an appropriate education and support. An in-depth knowledge of education provision is important and how to establish a positive climate for improvement, particularly for pupils who exhibit, or need support with a variety of learning, behavioural, social and emotional difficulties.

Additional Information:

• This is a 12 months fixed term contract.

• Enhanced DBS required

Benefits and more information:

Working for Southwark Council

Recruitment timetable

Application Closing date: 11:59 pm on December 30th 2022

Interview date: January 12th 2022

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

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Job Reference: SC05355