Education Liaison Officer Scarborough, England
Job description
1 x FTE post – East (covering Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale and Selby)
Grade JK
Full time (37 hours per week)
Base – Castle House, Scarborough
We are looking to recruit an Education Liaison Officer to join the Youth Justice Team within the Children and Families Service – Early Help.
The Youth Justice Team is a multi-disciplinary team established under the Crime & Disorder Act 1998. The team comprises of professionals from key partner organisations including Health, Probation, Police, and Children & Families Service. The key objectives of the team are to prevent and reduce youth crime, protect the public from serious harm, safeguard the welfare of young people and to facilitate reparation to victims and communities. The team is committed to providing high quality services to children and young people in the criminal justice system, their parents, and to the victims of crime.
Early Help works alongside children, young people (up to the age of 19, 25 years when there is an identified SEND needs) and their families. Our work is strength based and underpinned by our ‘Strength in Relationships’ practice model where we work alongside other relevant agencies to ensure we support young people and their families to create their own sustainable plans that really make a difference. We provide interventions to children, young people and their families, drawing on their strengths and helping to build support networks as well as statutory work for those open to Children’s Social Care and Youth Justice.
The core focus of the Education Liaison Officer role is to:
· Increase the educational attendance and attainment of young people of statutory school age known to the Youth Justice Service
· Increase educational, training or employment outcomes for young people of post statutory school age known to the Youth Justice Service
· Take a lead role for education issues for young people open to the Youth Justice Service, providing advice and guidance to colleagues in order to achieve an increase in the number of young people accessing appropriate full-time education provision
· Provide Information Advice and Guidance services to young people as appropriate
The post holder will do this by working directly with young people, their families, colleagues, schools and other education providers. The post holder will maintain oversight of groups of young people and liaise with schools, colleges and other education/training providers where full time suitable education, training or employment is not being offered, providing advice on how to improve provision and escalating cases of concern to the Virtual School Head and other relevant Senior Managers.
If you are an enthusiastic, highly motivated, passionate, and experienced in working with vulnerable children, young people & their families to ensure they receive outstanding support then this role is for you. This rewarding post will give you opportunities to:
· Work in partnership with education providers and other agencies within a locality to co-ordinate an effective network of support to ensure young people are engage in suitable education.
· Work in a rewarding role where every day can be different.
· Be part of dynamic team, working with like-minded people to drive chance and embed good practice.
· Access outstanding training and career progression opportunities across Children and Families Service.
You will receive an excellent rewards package including agile working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance.
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post and be qualified to a degree level qualification or equivalent in a relevant field relating to working with children young people and families as well as the ability to travel across the locality.
Closing date: Friday 28th April Interview date: Thursday 11th May
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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.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £38,296.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
Work Location: In person
