Deekay Technical Hiring for Virtual School Teacher Job at Kensington, England Full Time

This role is not remote.

• Be responsible for a pupil caseload and ensuring the continued educational improvement of Kensington and Chelsea’s children in public care. This would include making arrangements for the monitoring and support of children in care and ensuring their needs are met and that the pupils follow an appropriate educational programme.
• Assist social workers, school staff and carers to ensure that children in public care have an effective, up to date Personal Education Plans (PEPs) in line with statutory obligations. Provide high quality advice and information for social workers, carers and teachers involved in the compilation of such plans.
• To manage the review process of PEPs and critically evaluate the effectiveness of their arrangements.
• To monitor all Kensington and Chelsea’s children in public care who do not have access to an education placement. Devise and pursue plans in liaison with key professionals to ensure all such children gain access to education with minimum delay. Make contact with key personnel in Children’s Services and schools in order support and challenge professionals and overcome situations where children are not receiving appropriate education for unnecessary periods of time.
• Gather qualitative and quantitative information and data on all schools and educational placements attended by Kensington and Chelsea’s children in public care and record this on appropriate databases.
• Assist the Virtual School Head with training to professionals, including carers, teachers and social services staff and to develop effective working relationships with all professionals. Assist the manager with the organisation and administration of events such as training sessions, enrichment activities and celebration events
• Implement and monitor with the Virtual School Head a strategy to oversee school attendance levels of children in public care to allow prompt action to be taken should any young person miss significant amounts of schooling.
• To understand and implement the Council’s policy of Equal Opportunities in employment as well as other relevant council policies and schemes.
• To ensure that effective records are maintained with all due reference to legislation and issue of confidentiality and accuracy.

Rate: £19.51 Umbrella

Job Types: Temporary contract, Full-time

Salary: £19.51 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (preferred)
• Local Authority: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location