Cardiff Council Hiring for EDUCATION OFFICER Job at Cardiff, Wales Full Time

TThe Targeted Support Service is part of the Education directorate within Cardiff council. The Service is made up of several teams- Education Welfare, Education Other Than At School, Project Search and Cardiff Youth Service.

The service offers support to schools and other education provisions and young people and is responsible for direct delivery of formal, non-formal and informal education.

About the job

The post holder will act as an important link between Education and the Youth Justice Service ( YJS). They will work within the Education directorate to develop our reporting practice and processes to ensure the best possible outcomes for young people in Cardiff. The post will be responsible for identifying barriers to education, employment and training and help to remove these barriers.

What We Are Looking For From You

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work directly with education and YJS colleagues to identify barriers to education, employment and training. Link with support services to help remove the barriers to retain or reintegrate young people
• Work with Youth Service colleagues to integrate YJS information into the Vulnerability Assessment profile.
• Ensure joint Education/Youth Justice Service (YJS) systems adhere to participation standards.
• Develop reporting practice and processes within the Educational Directorate to improve the monitoring of and outcomes of young people in the Youth Justice Service wherever they are educated.
• Provide advice, support, and challenge to teams within the directorate, schools and other directorates re the education and the well-being needs of young people in the Youth Justice Service
• Develop critical relationships to ensure processes work together in child centred approaches to meet the holistic needs young people in the Youth Justice system
• Act as the Education and YJS link to the Ensuring Access process within education including challenging schools and other settings where young people are not offered full-time provision.
• Be the main education link in supporting YJS/Children’s services process such as the High-Risk Panel
• Work directly with the SAFE project group to support and facilitate contextual safeguarding approaches

Additional information

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.

We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.

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Job Reference: EDU00479