Virtual School Education Placement Officer

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Please note this vacancy is only available to Birmingham City Council employees.

Virtual School Education Placement Officer

Fixed Term Contract (maternity cover)

Grade

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

We are seeking to appoint a Virtual School Placement Officer working with our locality teams in the North of the city to secure children in care a high quality school place. The work does also cover out of area schools and admission services.

All about the role

This is an opportunity to join the team for 12 months to cover the current post holders work and cases during maternity leave and the post holder will need to be able to start from July 25 and be available for 12 months. the key areas of responsibility are:

• To ensure every looked after child receives a a high-quality education in line with Statutory Guidance for children in care both in Birmingham and outside of Birmingham for all children in care. Support is given to all children with a Birmingham social worker in every Local authority in the UK where there are CIC
• To support social care colleagues in applying for suitable school places at both normal and in-year admission rounds
• To source bespoke personalised education packages for any children in care without EHCP who cannot successfully access a full-time mainstream school place and secure funding where needed with strategic partners at a senior level with authorities across the UK
• To liaise effectively with other local authority services and schools to secure a good or outstanding educational setting without drift or delay when a Birmingham child in care lives outside of Birmingham. The level of liaison varies dependent on whether the LA the child resides co-ordinates its own in-year admissions
• To work with other LA SEND services for Birminghams children in care with EHCP when requiring an education place outside of Birmingham acting as the link professional with regards to consultations and costings. If the child has an EHCP and ensure that file is transferred to the correct authority if the child has moved placement.

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer andwe arecommitted to employing retaining and developing all of our people.

We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments additional support accessibility needs or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

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We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance withUK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.

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