Education Lead Multi-Agency Child Protection Team – Cambridgeshire. Various locations available with countywide travel requirements, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
Are you experienced in services which provide intervention for children and young people? Are you passionate about safeguarding children and improving educational outcomes? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your knowledge can make a real impact? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We are seeking a motivated Education Lead to join our Multi-Agency Child Protection Team, (MACPT). Youll work with experts in child protection and education settings providing strategic educational expertise, strengthening partnership working across agencies and championing the educational needs and outcomes in safeguarding discussion for children and young people who are subject to child protection processes.
A core focus of the role is to advise and form links between education services and social care professionals, to ensure vulnerable children and young people access appropriate and timely support.
If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please email Hannah Watt, Head of Service for MACPT and IFD viahannah.watt@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk to arrange a phone call or Teams meeting.
Closing date 22nd November. Interviews to be held in person, wherever possible, at New Shire Hall in Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon the week commencing 30th November.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About you
It is essential to have extensive education safeguarding experience, experience as DSL or equivalent senior safeguarding lead and knowledge of education systems, attendance, inclusion, SEND and KCSIE. QTS is desirable but not essential.
You should be an innovative and reflective practitioner who is committed to continuous learning and service improvement, who is able to build strong relationships with children, families, and other professionals, with proven ability to identify and respond to significant harm.
The ability to work from a variety of locations and travel independently across the county is essential for this role.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
About usCambridgeshire 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.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit 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…