Elective Home Education Officer

Job Introduction

About Us

Working together to help Children, young people, and families to thrive.

Join Oxfordshire County Council on an exciting journey towards Delivering the Future Together, our ambitious transformation programme which will enable us to be an employer, partner, and place shaper of choice. We’re seeking the right people who can help us get there while embracing our value of ‘daring to do it differently’, as we continue to strive to do better.

In our Children, Education, & Families Directorate, we do our very best to help children, young people, and families to thrive. We know the importance of building relationships, empowering people, and building on strengths and this is reflected in our restorative, relational practice approach. 

We’ve been consistently rated as “good” by Ofsted, but we are not content with that; we are ambitious and want to do even better! Oxfordshire County Council is a financially stable local authority which is committed to investing in Children, Education, and Families, to ensure that we have the resources we need to make a real difference to the families we work with.

About the Role

We are looking for a dedicated Elective Home Education Officer to join our team to work with families, children and young people and our partner agencies in education, health and local communities.

In this role, you will manage a caseload aligned with your experience and capabilities and work as part of a small team of home education officers to ensure all children are in receipt of education provision.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you!

About you

You should be competent with IT systems, have good interpersonal skills, an acute awareness of discretion and confidentiality, along with accuracy. The position demands passion, enthusiasm, accountability, and a commitment to delivering an outstanding service to children/families and schools across Oxfordshire. Please apply if you consider yourself to be:

Reflective, resilient, tenacious, and flexible

Committed to inclusion for all children and their families

Committed to safeguarding children

Attentive listener

Motivated and reliable

Highly organised with good time management skills

Solution-focussed

Able to build sustainable, trusting, and influential relationships

A positive and collaborative team member

Excellent IT skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Have experience of working with schools and families

Committed to your own personal and professional development.

Access to a car as this role will require travelling throughout Oxfordshire

Please refer to the job description attached below for a full list of selection criteria.

Interviews will take place on Friday 16th October at County Hall, Oxford.

Rewards and benefits

• A comprehensive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Culture of flexible working
• Technology to support agile working where role permits.
• Up to 33 days holiday p.a. plus bank holidays. Option to ‘buy’ additional holiday
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support 24 x7.
• Range of family friendly policies.
• Childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, electric car scheme, range of staff discounts including travel, holidays, insurance, food, health & leisure activities. 
• Excellent learning and development opportunities 

Our commitment to:
 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Oxfordshire County Council we are proud of our diverse workforce. Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or on maternity or family leave. We have a number of staff network groups which provide peer support, education and safe spaces for all.

Our commitment to:
 Guaranteed Interview Schemes

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job. We also guarantee interviews to care leavers who have completed further education and who meet the essential criteria for the job. For those leaving care without any further education, we guarantee an interview for our apprenticeships. We are also committed to helping and supporting those transitioning from HM Armed Forces to civilian life and guarantee an interview for those demonstrating the essential criteria for the role, within three years of leaving the service.

Our commitment to:
Safeguarding

Oxfordshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect these commitments.

Our commitment to:
Flexible Working

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which can include flexi-time, part time working, job sharing, nine-day fortnights and annualised hours, depending on the requirements of the role and the service.

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For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kerry Saxton, Senior County Attendance Officer

kerry.saxton@oxfordshire.gov.uk