Education Advisor (Virtual School)
Team: VSL - Virtual School
Job Family: Advising - CBG 9
Salary: £34,811 - £37,562 per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 hours per week, Term time only
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month
Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: 14th September 2025
Interview Date: 19th September 2025
About the role:
This a fantastic, rare opportunity to join a small but effective team who work tirelessly to promote the educational achievement of children in care, previously looked after and all children with a social worker. Find your greatness in making a difference to the lives of our most vulnerable children. The role of the Education Advisor will work directly with schools, foster carers and social workers ensuring that our vulnerable learners access high quality educational provision.
As an Education Advisor will be expected to be educated to GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths, ideally with higher education qualifications. Candidates will need to have experience of working with Designated Teachers and other professionals who support children who have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties or who are disaffected either in school or a social services setting through professionals and Personal Education Plan meetings.
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate the ability to identify priorities for improvement of LAC attainment and provide advice and support to develop practice through experience of knowing the target setting process in schools as well have the ability to communicate effectively with a range of professionals verbally, in writing and using ICT.
Join us, and take advantage of our rewards package, agile working and the chance to make a difference to the life of a child. Find your greatness by helping us to deliver better services to the local community.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Jacqui Bunker-Dare at Jacqui.bunker-dare@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 5697.
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
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