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Job Information
Salary - Band 5
Term Time only
12 month fixed term
Employment Location: Virtual School, County Hall, Morpeth
Northumberland County Council is recruiting for an enthusiastic, well-motivated Virtual School Guidance and Support Officer.
Northumberland Virtual School has a talented and experienced team who are passionate about ensuring disadvantaged children and young people receive an education that meets their individual needs. We work effectively with our partners to raise educational standards, promote inclusion, wellbeing and improve the life chances of care experienced young people.
The successful candidate will contribute to fulfilling the extended duty for Virtual School Headteachers to promote the education of children with a social worker, previously cared for children and those in kinship care by providing educational information, advice and guidance to professionals and carers. The work will be undertaken on behalf of children in partnership with their parents, carers, social workers and education settings to give each pupil the best opportunity to benefit from their education. Supporting schools in their policy and practice to improve stability and outcomes for care experienced children and delivering training to professionals will be key parts of the role.
The successful candidate will be an outstanding communicator, have a good general standard of education, experience of working in an education or social care setting and experience in removing barriers to education.
The successful candidate will be an outstanding communicator, have a good general standard of education, experience of working in an education or social care setting and experience in removing barriers to education.
Please see the attached job description and person specification.
For further information please contact Dr Susie MacGregor on 07858 687 539 / susie.macgregor@northumberland.gov.uk.
Further information
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Alternative application format:
British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net
For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930
