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SalaryStrategic Education Lead for FamiliesFirst for Children Pathfinder Programme Education and Skills
Salary - £63,281 - £66,443 (grade 10)
Hours - 37 hours per week
Contract type - Fixed term/Secondment opportunity until March 2025
The City of Wolverhampton Council has been selected as one of three local authorities who are Wave 1 Pathfinders in response to the publication of Stable Homes Built on Love: The Department for Education’s bold and ambitious implementation strategy for change within children’s social care. Children's social care: stable homes, built on love - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Alongside two other local authorities Wolverhampton will move into a ‘test and learn phase’ from January 2024 delivering services to children and their families in line with the FFCP design specification.
As part of this, Wolverhampton have created this post to be the lead representative for Education as the fourth statutory safeguarding partner. The post holder will ensure representation of safeguarding across all education providers delivering services to children and young people from Wolverhampton, the Education Excellence Service and Children’s Services more widely.
The post holder will need to: -
- Have a knowledge of the different education providers across the city and the services they deliver.
- Provide support and challenge to education providers, ensuring safeguarding procedures meet statutory requirements in accordance with the FFCP programme in Wolverhampton.
We need people like you who want to make a real difference in the lives of children and families and will support us to deliver excellent services to the most vulnerable children in our city.
If you are someone who, wants to do the best job possible and is committed to excellent multi agency practice and achieving the very best for our Children, Young People and Families then we want to hear from you!
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
For further information please contact:
Victoria Bowles (Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board Manager) via Victoria.bowles@wolverhampton.gov.uk
You will be notified on the outcome of your application form as soon as possible after the closing date.
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Job Description and Person Specification
