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Parents' School Preference Adviser
Job Reference Ref/3024/804
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Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About the role
- to provide impartial, confidential, practical support and advice service to those parents likely to need additional help at any stage of the school and setting transition process during their child’s education; and, when not engaged in such activities
- to be responsible for case-work as directed by the SENDIASS Manager
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Robert (Bob) Wilson 0771 725 8100
N.B. interviews will be on Tuesday 14th February at New Shire Hall, PE28 4YE
What will you be doing?
- to ensure common application forms and, where appropriate, supplementary information forms are completed and reach the local authority by the required deadline in order to improve parents’ chances of being allocated their preferred school
- to support parents who have difficulty with any transition process i.e., starting school, Infant to Junior, Primary to Secondary and in year transfers or with completing the required application/information forms to express the best and most realistic school preferences for their child
- to offer impartial and confidential advice on the preferred options of parents; to provide accessible, easy to understand information to parents from diverse community groups; to improve parents’ understanding of the transfer process and increase their awareness of the likelihood of being allocated a place at the school or schools they would most like their child to attend
- to support parents with the appeal process, including attendance at appeals, when they have been unsuccessful with their choice of school
- to attend secondary school open evenings, offering one-to-one and or small group support for parents, to organise drop-in sessions for parents at identified nursery and primary schools and hold one-to-one sessions with parents when required to assist parents through the application process
- to contact parents who fail to submit applications following an initial reminder by the Admissions Team to ensure their children do not miss the opportunity of being allocated a place at a preferred school.
- to support the Admissions Team and school staff and liaise with area and locality teams and parent support groups to ensure appropriate advice is given to parents
- when not engaged in Parents’ School Preference Advice activities, to be responsible for a case-load as a result of calls of concern to SENDIASS
- analyse data on patterns of preferences and allocations and on the accessibility of information and engagement by parents
- to keep and maintain accurate case files
- to produce evaluation reports as required
About you
You will need the following
Education, Qualifications & Training
- 2 ‘A’ levels (4 AS Levels), ONC, OND, BTEC, NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
Knowledge & Experience
- Extensive experience in a post utilising essential skills and attributes;
- Knowledge of UK education system;
- Knowledge of local communities and districts.
Skills & Attributes
- Calmness in stressful situations;
- Interpersonal communication;
- A sensitivity to cultural and language issues;
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team;
- General ICT skills and proven word processing skills.
Special Requirements
- Ability to travel around the county as required
- Ability to work out of office hours as required, reflecting the pattern of school-based parents meetings
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
