Elective Home Education Officer
Job Introduction
Are you passionate about supporting children and young people to achieve their full potential?
Two exciting opportunities have arisen within the Elective Home Education (EHE) Team. One position for an EHE Officer to work with Y11 and EHCP students and their families countywide. The other covering East Staffordshire EHE families from Early years to Y11.
We have two fixed term contracts available:
* one to cover a secondment until 31/12/2026 (ideally with immediate start due to short term nature).
* one to cover maternity leave for 12 months
Our EHE Team specialises in working with parents who chose to home educate their children and provides the following services:
* Support to parents in providing suitable education for their children
* A statutory function of the local authority in identifying children without a suitable education
* Information, advice and guidance to other agencies on EHE
Main Responsibility
You will hold responsibility for a number of children and will:
* ensure parents are providing a suitable education for their children
* offer support, information, advice and guidance to families and professionals
* complete home visits and review educational reports
* develop, facilitate and organise family and professionals’ meetings, events and groups to ensure home education is delivered in line with statutory services and is both efficient and effective
* ensure EHE students are safeguarded inline with current legislation and guidance
* liaise with SEND and Careers and Participation team colleagues
The Ideal Candidate
You will have:
* at least NVQ 3 or equivalent in respect of working with children and their families
* experience of enabling parents and children to take full advantage of the educational opportunities available
* experience of working with parents and children in an education setting
* knowledge and experience of child development
* knowledge and experience of child safeguarding processes and procedures
* “We're happy to talk flexible working”
If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Michelle Eardley (EHE Lead) on (01785) 277016 or email –
Interviews will be held on Monday 30th March 2026.
Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you'll bring to the role.
About Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities.
As you'll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that's why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
Attached documents
* Job Description and Person Specification
* Candidate Guide 2025.pdf
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Elective Home Education Officer
* Salary £27,254 - £30,024 per annum
* Frequency Annual
* Job Reference staffscc/TP/22/4082
* Contract Type Fixed Term Full Time
* Working Hours 37
* Closing Date 22 March, 2026
* Job Category Education (non Schools)
* Business Unit Education Strategy & Improvement
* Location Stafford, United Kingdom
* Posted on 9 March, 2026
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