Primary/Secondary Advisor

Location

Chelmsford, Essex | United Kingdom

Job description

Primary/Secondary Advisor

Permanent, Full Time

Up to £51,938 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style:  Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 19th March 2024

Please note this is a full-time term time only position, working weeks 42 per year with a pro-rata salary of up to £48,332 per Annum.

The Opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity for teachers who are looking to further develop in a leadership role, or someone already in a leadership role within a school who is looking to share their extensive knowledge to make a positive impact on the achievements of Essex County Council’s Previously Looked After Children.

Influencing and challenging school leaders and providing subject matter expertise, our Advisors ensure that our children and young people have access to the best educational provision possible, accelerating their progress and attainment thus leading to enhanced life chances.

Delivering high quality training and support for social workers and Designated Teachers in schools and liaising closely with parents/carers and other professionals, you will ensure statutory duties and best practice standards are met. This role will focus on progress; needs identification, attendance, carefully targeted intervention and enrichment provision, which will meet academic, social and emotional needs. You will provide support to schools to develop strategies and plans to raise attainment.

The role requires someone with qualified teacher status, extensive teaching experience in at least 2 key stages ranging from early years to key stage 2 for primary and key stages 3 and 4 for secondary and experience within a school leadership role. You will have a strong understanding of current theory and research relating to the education for children in care, that informs effective practice and the ability to positively challenge school practice where it falls short. You will also have knowledge around suspensions, exclusions and inclusive practice, and experience in liaising with a wide range of professionals. You will feel comfortable supporting and interacting with parents/carers.

This role is also going to lead the strategy for supporting Special Guardianship Order (SGO) Carers whose children have not previously been in care: it will involve developing connections and a strategy across services, with schools and with communities of SGO carers to ensure that carers and professionals can access advice and guidance around promoting educational outcomes for children on SGOs.

Accountabilities

• Responsible for delivering the education vision, with particular focus on the political agenda and priorities and wider council objectives for previously looked after children, raising their attainment and avoiding exclusions.
• Leading and developing practice in key educational advances, sharing this best practice with schools to influence school performance against Ofsted and DfE requirements, including the raising of attainment and attendance of PLAC.
• Responsible for ensuring practice and resources are meeting the needs of individuals, to raise attainment within both mainstream and SEND services, through a deep understanding of challenging and complex educational needs of PLAC.
• Effective utilisation of digital technologies, data and innovation across services to ensure that resources are deployed appropriately.
• Leading the way in Equality & Diversity within schools and social care, ensuring that equal opportunity is given to all children, enabling them to achieve their potential.
• Providing consistent challenge to senior leaders in schools and support for other professionals and parents/carers, ensuring they are working towards the plans set to raise attainment and promote inclusion.
• Ensuring a robust check and challenge process, to maintain the focus on plans, leading to consistent and sustainable raised attainment, improved behaviour and increased attendance.
• Responsible for challenging existing ways of working and holding senior leaders across schools, the education function and social care to account.
• Working collaboratively with the Education Senior Leadership team and the post-adoption and SGO social care teams, identifying areas of opportunity, scoping, planning and delivering the strategic plans related to our ambition to transform Education in Essex.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Possesses Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and has senior leadership experience within a school setting.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of current theory and research relating to the education for children in care and previously looked after, that informs effective practice.
• Extensive experience of acting as an advocate and champion for children with the ability to positively challenge school practice where it falls short.
• Experience of effective implementation of school improvement strategies and initiatives together with successful outcomes.
• Experience of building strong networks across schools, to facilitate and support the sharing of expertise and best practice.

To read more about us please visit: Education

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex?Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more  about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to 

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