Job Introduction
Local Authority Education Link Coordinator (South Schools)
Salary: £25,189 to £28,568 per annum pro-rata for part time (£31,067 to £35,235 FTE)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time (30 hours per week)
Closing date: Sunday 2 February 2025, 23:59
Interview date: Monday 10 February 2025
Overview
We have an exciting opportunity within the Children, Families and Education Directorate for a 'Local Authority Education Link Coordinator' post. This role was developed as a legacy of the LA Link Coordinator role during Covid-19 which involves monitoring and tracking our most vulnerable children and ensuring that we have a joined-up approach across both the local authority and education settings.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for someone who can fulfil the existing role that has now become established and well regarded within schools and the children and families directorate. We are looking for someone who is passionate, dedicated and is able to make a real difference to children and families and continue to strengthen our multi-agency work.
As a Link Coordinator you will ensure that education settings are aware of their vulnerable pupils that are open to either Children's Social Care or our Early Help and prevention teams, promoting a coordinated and joined up approach. You will have experience of working in either a children and families or education background and have excellent safeguarding knowledge.
You will be working alongside your allocated schools to provide advice, guidance, challenge and support with a key focus on ensuring the right processes and practice are in place on a multi-agency basis to improve outcomes for children and their families.
You will need to be able to build excellent working relationships with schools and services, and work using a restorative approach. You will also have the skills to be able to have honest and challenging conversations with professionals, using a high support, high challenge approach.
You will have experience of working with children and families, being a lead professional, completing family support plans and have up to date safeguarding knowledge and practice. You will also be working alongside the PSCP team to support the delivery of the safeguarding training programme.
You will be a committed individual who is able to work using their own initiative, have excellent inter-personal relationships and be able to communicate with a variety of services and individuals.
You will be organised, IT literate and flexible within the remit of the role as it develops.
Please see the full job profile for full details of the role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Further information:
The full job profile is attached below.
Please contact Fran Shaul fran.shaul@portsmouthcc.gov.uk for further information about the role or an informal discussion.
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Please submit your employment history, education history and qualifications as well as a detailed personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' section of the full Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
If you don't upload a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures.
