Educational Inclusion Team Manager

Description:

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. The three principles that underpin our vision of empowering people, reducing inequality and investing in prevention are at the root of education. Access to education is a right for the children of Southwark and the borough plan and the focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

As a local authority we believe school attendance is everyone’s business.

The Family Early Help (FEH) are a service within Children’s Services, which, as well as providing other help and support, is responsible for delivering the council’s statutory duties in relation to school attendance and exclusion/inclusion support. This means providing advice, support and interventions when significant concerns about attendance arise.

Oversight and delivery of the council’s duties are led by the Education Inclusion Team (EIT) embedded within FEH. EIT work with families, schools and practitioners to implement guidance around legislation with the aim of improving children and young people’s attendance and access to education, and to reduce the risk of exclusion.

The specific duties outlined in the updated Working Together to Improve School Attendance guidance, and the rise in children and young people not attending school, and experiencing different forms of exclusion, requires us to review resources and design a sustainable response if we are to meet these requirements as a LA.

Recruitment timetable

Recruitment Timetable

• Closing Date: 13th October 2024
• Shortlist in week beginning 14th October 2024
• Interview Date in week beginning 21st October 2024