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Education Access Officer required. For Education provider based in Southend. Perm role. £23,023 - £26,446 p/a.


Education Access Officer Job, Southend Essex

Education Access Officer required. For Education provider based in Southend. Perm role. £23,023 - £26,446 per annum.

Job Tittle: Education Access Officer
Location: Southend, Essex
Salary: £23,023 - £26,446 per annum (depending on experience)
Contract: Permanent

Your new role as the Education Access Officer:
Hays Education are seeking to appoint an Education Access Officer for an Education provider based in Southend, Essex. The main purpose of this role is to provide support and advice to families who are considering Electively Home Educating (EHE) their children, early identification of needs and barriers preventing remaining at school and championing the child and parental voice by attending multi-agency school meetings to increase access to education and remain in school (where desired by parents).

About your new Education Access Officer role:
As the Education Access Officer your duties and responsibility will include:

• Initiate contact with parents who identify an interest in EHE or who have been removed from school registers and provide advice, support and guidance, in line with education providers EHE Policy & DfE Home Education Guidance for Local Authorities.
• Support parents through the registration process to increase the accuracy and detail of requested information and working in collaboration with the Business Support Team, maintain records to ensure child and parent information remains up to date and accurate
• Support the maintenance of child records added to the LA's information management system (Capita) and provide assurance it is both accurate and up to date.
• Remain up to date and aware of local and national safeguarding policies, practice and statutory guidance and report any concerns immediately.
• Support access to education and signposting to other services and facilities for children and families
• Support the team by running reports, interpreting data, and analysing for accuracy
• To monitor referrals and highlight schools considered to have larger than average numbers of children leaving to EHE and report the findings to senior officers for appropriate action and or investigation.
• To ensure the information on the EHE website is up to date, relevant and engaging for EHE learners and their parents and to support the design and distribution of E-NEWS.

What you will need for this Education Access Officer role:

• Educated to NVQ level 3/4 or equivalent.
• An Enhanced DBS on the Update Service or be willing to obtain on through Hays Education.
• Relevant experience of working with schools, children, young people and families.
• Excellent communication skills both written oral and IT
• An understanding of Inclusion strategies used in schools to increase access to education
• Good ability to interpret, analyse and present data

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