Overview
Senior Inclusion Officer – NN16 8AE
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
We are seeking to recruit a Senior Inclusion Officer in the Education Inclusion & Partnership Team in North Northamptonshire Council. You would be joining a highly motivated, committed team which has been brought together from a wide range of experiences to ensure pupils have full access to, are safe in and are able to achieve positive outcomes in education.
The Educational Inclusion and Partnerships Team fulfil the statutory duties of the local authority pertaining to children and young people of statutory school age including Elective home Education (EHE), Children Missing Education (CME), Child Employment and Entertainment (CEE), securing 6th day provision following Permanent Exclusion and investigations for the offence of failing to secure regular school attendance. This Senior Inclusion Officer role will lead and manage the team in all areas, with a focus on Elective Home Education and Children Missing Education.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce which reflects the community we serve. We aim to create a workplace that celebrates diversity as we know our greatest strengths are the people who make up our team.
We want talented, ambitious and passionate people like you to come and take on this challenging and rewarding role. With excellent oral and written communication skills, you will be a clear thinker and outcome focussed. Collaborative multi-agency working is key to this role alongside being resilient and determined.
For any further information relating to the role please contact the Recruiting Manager, Ryan Jarvis. Email: ryan.jarvis@northnorthants.gov.uk
About you
Minimum level of qualifications required for this job
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Qualifications Required |
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Educated to degree or equivalent level |
Degree or NVQ level 5 |
Essential |
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Demonstrable evidence of continued professional development |
For example in behaviour management, safeguarding, or Curriculum provision (Education or Social Care) |
Essential |
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Management qualification |
NVQ Level 5 in management. ILM management course |
Desirable |
Minimum levels of knowledge, skills and experience required for this job
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Knowledge |
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Knowledge experience and expertise to be able to deliver advice to a wide range of schools and associated professionals. |
Experience of working in a school or working closely with schools. |
Essential |
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Detailed knowledge and understanding of schools, their systems and of the potential opportunities for inter-school collaboration. |
Experience of working in a school or working closely with schools. |
Essential |
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Detailed knowledge and understanding of the needs and entitlements of a wide range of children and young people including those excluded from school, educated at home, those with behavioural difficulties, missing from education, persistently absent, with Special Educational Needs. |
Knowledge of relevant legislation, child development, social impact, disabilities. Experience of working with some of the listed groups. |
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Detailed knowledge of current guidance and legislation on entitlement issues. |
Experience of the use of data to critically evaluate the achievement of children or young people. Knowledge of relevant legislation. |
Essential |
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Skills |
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Proven leadership /leadership skills in order to raise standards of achievement through planning, cooperative working, target setting, and analysis of performance data.
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To have skills to identify and issue work within the service to resolve the issue, to monitor outcomes and implement strategies based on proven research findings and robust data analysis. Review practice. |
Desirable |
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Displays positive creative leadership, motivating enthusiasm in others |
Demonstrates personal enthusiasm for and commitment to the learning process. Has high moral code, high standards of self professionalism, able to demonstrate, initiative and self motivation. Has an excellent record of attendance and punctuality. Is well organised, manages time well and able to meet deadlines. Has a strong commitment to team working and distributed leadership. Is able to find solutions to problems quickly and willing to take calculated risks. Is empathetic to needs of others. Works with high degree of accuracy and pays attention to detail. Able to remain positive and calm in all scenarios, including when under pressure and in difficult circumstances. |
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Have good management skills sufficient to sensitively manage motivate and support staff working in a complex area and sometimes challenging circumstances. |
Lead by example listen and evaluate. Solution focused practice. Bases decisions on best practice. Have processes in place to ensure staff are fully supported. Supervision, appraisal, team meetings, reflective practice sessions, lone working policies. Clear expectations so staff are clear of their role. Consistent and fair decision making. |
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Experience |
Give an idea of the type and level of experience required do not specify years of experience. |
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Proven and successful experience in a school and/or Local Authority with specific professional expertise working with vulnerable learners. |
Significant experience of working in a child care profession i.e. Teacher, Social Worker, Youth Worker. |
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Proven experience of working with vulnerable children and young people. |
Significant experience of working in a child care profession i.e. Teacher, Social Worker, Youth Worker. |
Essential |
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Previous experience of supervising or managing staff.
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Previous experience as a supervisor/ manager. |
Essential |
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Experience of the use of data to critically evaluate the achievement of children or young people.
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Experience of recording data and analysing and implementing change founded on sound research and data analysis. |
Essential |
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Experience of multi-agency working and the ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders and partners. |
Evidence of working with a wide range of professionals and evidence of multiagency working. |
Essential |
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
