Overview
Job Title: Children with Social Worker (CwSW) Education Officer
Starting Salary: £38,220 progressing to £41,771 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 37.0
Location: Hertfordshire
Hybrid working - the successful candidate will attend meetings in Apsley or Farnham when required.
Contract Type: Fixed Term - 18 Month Fixed Term Contract
Directorate: Children’s Services
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Other
Industries: Government Administration
About The Team
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced support officer to join the Hertfordshire Virtual School in the Extended Duty Team for Children with a Social Worker (CwSW). We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and organised person, who can match the pace of our busy office and busy (virtual) school environment. You will join a friendly, dedicated, and inclusive team. The Hertfordshire Virtual School has an Extended Duty to promote the educational progress for children known to a social worker (CwSW) who are supported by a Child in Need (CiN) and Child Protection Plan (CP).
About The Role
The post holder will work directly with the Senior Strategic Lead within the Virtual School and provide daily support across a range of tasks such as attending meetings, creating and updating action plans and trackers, minute taking, report writing and liaising directly with Designated Safeguarding Leads, teachers, SENDCOs and Social Workers across Hertfordshire. The post holder will also be required to work within the Making SEND Everyone’s Business (MSEB) strategy. The post holder will also be required to support the daily running of our Education Hub inbox which will require the ability to deal with enquiries with sensitivity and confidentiality. The role will involve compiling and presenting data to support the Senior Strategic Lead with prioritisation and task force deployment. There will be an opportunity for the post holder to provide a variety of support activities to the Virtual School team such as booking meetings, monitoring, and tracking, booking of events, and creating new reporting templates and report writing. This post will offer a scope of variety where you will be able to support all members of the Virtual School Team to deliver an excellent service to children, social care, families, and education settings from Early Years through to Post 16 as well as the SEND team. You will be working in a fast-paced stimulating environment that would draw on and build your organisational skills and your ability to prioritise workloads in a relatively fast paced changing environment. Your previous experience working in a collaborative team is essential as the Extended Duty Team collaborate towards a shared vision and quality standards.
Responsibilities
* Attend meetings and provide support across a range of tasks.
* Create and update action plans and trackers; minute taking; report writing.
* Liaise with Designated Safeguarding Leads, teachers, SENDCOs and Social Workers across Hertfordshire.
* Support the Make SEND Everyone’s Business (MSEB) strategy.
* Support daily running of the Education Hub inbox with enquiries handling and confidentiality.
* Compile and present data to support prioritisation and task deployment.
* Provide a variety of support activities (booking meetings, monitoring and tracking, booking events, creating reporting templates).
* Support all Virtual School Team members to deliver services from Early Years to Post 16 and with the SEND team.
* Prioritise workloads in a fast-paced environment and maintain organisational skills.
Essential Qualifications and Experience
* Knowledge of working in a school environment or with previous knowledge of Education and/or Children’s Services.
* Excellent administrative and organisational skills; strong work ethic.
* Team player with a solution-focused approach.
* Excellent customer service and communication skills.
* Desire to learn new skills and take on challenges.
* Ability to work under pressure with competing deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
* Competent and confident using Microsoft Office programs, especially Excel.
* Curious and keen to learn.
* English GCSE qualification with at least Grade C.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
* Knowledge of working in a SEND environment or with SEN.
* Knowledge of working in a social care environment or safeguarding.
* Safeguarding experience (e.g., Designated Safeguarding Lead).
* Experience of data analysis and handling.
Additional Information
If you are resilient and confident about your strong organisational and service delivery skills to support The Virtual School in delivering the Extended Duty, please get in touch.
We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.
This job role is within the Community Services, level COM10 job profile. Job profiles - Community services.
Contact
For more information about this opportunity please contact Katie Southall (Katie.Southall@hertfordshire.gov.uk).
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