Post 16 Education Advocate

at  Bristol City Council

PERMANENT, PART TIME 0.6 FTE PRO-RATA WORKING TERM-TIME ONLY PLUS 5 DAYS (22.2 HOURS PER WEEK).

The HOPE Virtual School are pleased to announce we are recruiting for an Education Advocate (Post 16).
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team and contribute to the virtual school’s objectives in securing the best provision and educational outcomes for children in care. You will work alongside young people, carers, social workers, education settings and other professionals to ensure every child has a high-quality personal education plan that supports their education and training.
You will work closely with multi-agency partners and education settings to ensure the actions in the plan are carried out and care-experienced young people are supported in all areas of their education.
If you have experience of working with young people in education, knowledge of the challenges children in care may face and experience of planning for and achieving success then we would welcome your application.

HOW DO I APPLY?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact Meilir Tecwyn meilir.tecwyn@bristol.gov.uk
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit