Number of Vacancies: 1 Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Fixed Term (Fixed Term) Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Hours of Work: 37 Hiring Manager: Jonathan Ellis Contact Number: 07540 642032 Job Description Summary: This is a Full Time, Fixed Term position for up to one year to cover maternity leave. Proposed Interview dates: 23rd 24th June 2026. The virtual school is well aligned with schools; strong partnerships are supporting looked-after children’s educational needs and removing barriers to learning. Regular reviews of personal education plans (PEPS) and effective use of the pupil premium ensure that children are making progress in education. (Ofsted, 2026) PEP Transition Worker – Virtual School Do you believe every child deserves the chance to thrive in education? Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable learners to achieve their potential? If so, we’d love to hear from you. What You’ll Do You will ensure that every Child Looked After (CLA) has a meaningful, ambitious Personal Education Plan, attending meetings and shaping SMART targets that make a real difference. You’ll guide children and families through key educational transitions, helping them move confidently from one stage to the next. Working with schools, carers, social workers and admissions teams, you’ll champion the educational needs of CLA and make sure they access high quality provision. What You’ll Bring • A child centred approach • Strong organisational skills • The ability to build trust with families and professionals • A passion for improving outcomes for CLA Full training and support are provided. Now is an exciting time to join the Virtual School, as we build on our excellent Ofsted inspection result and reshape our service to ensure that we are providing the right support, at the right time, to the most vulnerable children and young people across the city. If the postholder requires a Standard or Enhanced DBS disclosure the candidate is required to declare full details of everything on their criminal record unless the conviction/s and/or caution/s are considered “protected” in line with filtering rules for DBS checks. ROLE AND PURPOSE To ensure that all Children Looked After (CLA) have a robust Personal Education Plan (PEP) with SMART targets through attendance of PEP meetings and adding Virtual School notes to the ePEP. To ensure the timely and smooth transition of CLA from one education phase/key stage to another by working with parents/carers, social care, designated teachers, school admissions teams and virtual school workers. To promote excellent educational outcomes for CLA. To ensure CLA have appropriate educational provision in good or outstanding establishments. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: 1. To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, DfE 2014 and Guidance for Safer Working Practice 2022. 2. To ensure that all Children Looked After of school age have an effective and up-to-date Personal Education Plan with aspirational, robust and costed targets, clearly identified outcomes and milestones, by arranging and attending PEP meetings with the Designated Teacher and social workers. 3. To ensure timely, key data is recorded on the ePEP, analysed and reported back to the Phase Leader to inform reports for multi agencies including the Virtual School SLT, governing body and the wider directorate. 4. Follow up any concerns/ recommendations following the PEP meeting with appropriate agencies/individuals including children, young people and their parents/ carers/social workers ensuring that their individual needs are met and that the focus of child development is maintained. 5. To ensure that all discussions and communications are dealt with sensitively ensuring that minimal disruption to children and young people and their education. This includes in PEP meetings and, where invited to attend, LAC reviews and EHCP review. 6. Assisting the Phase Leaders and contributing to the identification of pupils who require an assessment of SEN under the 1996 Education Act by assisting the SEND team in gathering SEND information from schools. 7. To act as a challenge to services and schools with appropriate support from their line management structure to ensure that appropriate targets and actions are agreed, reviewed and actions completed. 8. To be responsible for the smooth transition of CLA to their next key stage, education institution, HEI, apprenticeship or employment. Working with the Connexions team where necessary to advise CLA and carers on options available and ensure robust and clear CEIAG is accessed by each CLA. 10. Support for the serviceThis role has a duty to comply with policies and procedures those specifically relating to safeguarding, data protection and confidentiality, health and safety and has a responsibility in reporting concerns to an appropriate person. 11. To work closely with Phase Leaders, Education Coordinators and PEP Advisory Teachers using various tools to assess and support children and young people with SEN ensuring that their specific educational needs are being met. 12. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull City Council, as your employer and you as an employee of the council. In addition to the Councils overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health safety and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Council’s Corporate HS policy. NC4596.PEP Transition Worker.docx Compensation Grades: GRADES 6. Pay Ranges: £29,540.00 - £32,061.00 Job Classifications: 3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), 5- Enhanced Childrens Barring List - (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post), OSP - Other Support Staff (School WorkForce Census) Benefits of Working of Hull City Council: - A competitive salary - An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period - Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods - Supportive and forward-thinking culture - Great career development opportunities Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description. We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage. We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .