Elective Home Education Officer – Children's Services
Normanton
22/09/2025 – 3 months initially
Monday to Friday, 9am – 4.30pm, 37 hrs/week – Hybrid – will require the post holder to travel to other sites, schools, and family homes within the District as well as some virtual working
At the point of referral, to meet with family, school and pupil when parents have decided they would like to Electively Home Educate to see if an agreement can be reached for the child to remain in school. Should it be that the family still want to Electively Home Educate then there would be discussion with the cluster Education Welfare Officer regarding management of the case. This would also involve RAG rating of all cases and researching any background information and then recording on the system database.
Work in conjunction with Education Welfare Officers in assisting with elective home education
Manage a caseload of electively home educated pupils, ensuring every child receives a suitable education
Maintain Wakefield Education Welfare Service register for EHE pupils
Adopting a whole family approach, in order to reduce risk and improving outcomes for children
Liaise with EHE parents/carers, receiving reports of work undertaken
Participate in assessments
Establish the reason for absences having an awareness and recognition of the needs of individual family’s
Liaise with parents and carers through giving advice and guidance then referring to early help or social services where appropriate when there is a safeguarding concern
Develop and deliver, a coherent plan of proven and innovative interventions to families develop and implement attendance improvement projects alongside school staff
Monitor data from schools and work with them on improving their performance indicators for attendance
Promote school attendance via attendance strategies, assemblies, punctuality clinics, open evenings, parents’ evenings etc..
Contribute to School Inclusion Reviews, attend Annual Reviews and meetings concerning children with special needs who are part of your case load
Lead and attend multi-agency meetings to help support a better outcome for the family and inevitably improve the child/ young person’s school attendance
Ensure that all documentation including, written reports and information relating to individual cases of interventions is accurate, timely and entered onto appropriate management systems Requirements
UK Driving Licence, access to a vehicle, business insurance
Experience of working in educational settings and / or Family Services that will be able to fulfil the role of working with schools and families with regards to Elective Home Education
An understanding of education, parents rights, Elective Home Education, safeguarding and be able to develop a good working relationship and report with young people, families and school staff
Up to date knowledge of SEN
Very clear negotiation and diplomatic skills
Enhanced Child and Adult DBS registered to the update service Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services in an equal opportunities employer.
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