Advisory Teacher

Salary:£40,907 to £43,431 per annum, pro rata £34,141 to £36,248 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern:Full time, 37 hours per week, Term Time Only 38 weeks

Location:Bridge House, Durrington, Worthing

Closing date: 31 December 2023

Interview date:15 January 2024

Are you a qualified teacher looking for a new experience in your career?

Do you have a passion for supporting children, young people, and their families?

Do you enjoy advising others?

WSCC have an exciting opportunity to become an Advisory Teacher.

Working as an Advisory Teacher in our Elective Home Education (EHE) team, you will enjoy participating in the future planning of the service and sharing ideas on new ways of working.

Your transition into the EHE Advisory Teacher role will be fully supported by WSCC’s induction and ongoing CPD (continual professional development). As a flexible employer we look to optimise work schedules and encourage a healthy work life balance.

If you are looking to broaden your understanding and experience of education, find out more here.

Our Education and Skills Team focuses on providing the best educational outcomes for children and young people in West Sussex. As part of this focus, the Elective Home Education (EHE) Service ensures electively home educated children are receiving an effective learning experience.

We are continuing to develop our team to meet the needs of home educators in our community.

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance, and are rewarded for the work they do. Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• An excellent local government pension scheme.
• Generous holiday entitlement of 31 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave).
• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role.
• Maternity, paternity, dependency, and adoption leave.
• Volunteering opportunities.
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring.
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see ourStaff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount).
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

As an EHE Advisory Teacher you will be at the heart of ensuring home educated children are receiving the best learning experience they deserve.

You will provide an expert point of reference, sharing advice and guidance with families, schools, colleagues, educational provisions and the wider EHE community. This role requires strong relationships to be built with families to ensure the education being provided is suitable and effective.

You will have line management responsibility of one EHE Support Officer.

Key responsibilities

• Visiting families to review their educational provision.
• Sharing your knowledge and understanding of educational law, the Local Authority, the National Curriculum, and alternative educational provision.
• Making informed decisions on educational provision.
• Providing and evaluating reports and identifying review dates and further actions.

We are looking for someone who is passionate and committed to supporting positive, solution focussed outcomes for children and young people.

To carry out this role you will need high levels of communication and organisational skills as you will need to prioritise and work independently; confidence to make and stand by your decisions is key. You will also need an open-mind and creative understanding of educational provision.

You will have Qualified Teacher Status in addition to experience of identifying and developing effective educational resources.

You will need emotional resilience for this role, and be committed to WSCC’s values (please visit our West Sussex County Council website, About Us page to view our vision and values)

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

The reference number for this role is CAFHE04889.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Andrew Parker, Manager of Pupil Entitlement, at Andrew.Parker@westsussex.gov.uk

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter.

In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

This post is subject to Qualified Teacher Status, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and an occupational health check.

Equity, inclusion, and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application helppage.