Alternative provision Lead

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Preston to assist with the appointment of an Alternative provision Lead, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.
Rate of Pay: £22.51 per hour PAYE
Summary:
Management and oversight of Alternative provision and professional staff to ensure appropriate use of Alternative provision in line with statutory guidance.
To work with settings, partners and families to ensure exclusion legislation is understood and adhered to when making decisions.
To work with families and partners to ensure elective home education legislation is understood, communicated across teams and adhered to when making decisions.
Responsibilities:
The post holder will require good interpersonal skills to provide direction to their team and act as a technical reference to deal with complex escalated issues.
Provide support for strategic development.
Implementation of local and national policy.
They will be involved in decision making and planning purposes to develop the exclusion process and elective home education processes in Lancashire.
Contribute to and have oversight of medical placement decisions of Alternative provision places. Review processes and implement changes to ensure clear decision-making processes are in place.
Qualifications:
Qualified professional or equivalent with significant relevant experience or; Significant vocational experience, demonstrating development through involvement in a series of progressively more demanding relevant roles Level 3 (or higher) professional qualification in a relevant children's service or equivalent
* Qualified Teacher Status
Experience:
Experience at middle management level, managing complex operations/functions/services
Ensuring delivering against agreed service plans and managing services in line with agreed budgets, targets and plans
Experience of working extensively within an education setting supporting vulnerable groups and developing the educational offer to engage children and young people with education.
Working as part of a team to ensure high quality service delivery within an uncertain environment
Experience of working with children, young people and families in a supportive capacity, including vulnerable groups
Multi-agency working and effective partnership working
Experience of leading change.
Please note:
You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
You should have right to work in U.K
This role requires an basic DBS
Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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