At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.

What we can offer you:-

• Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
• We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.

Hours - 37 per week

Fixed term contract until 31st March 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Employment and Education Officer within Sandwell Youth Justice Service. This role will require you to work closely with young people to support them in ensuring that they are aware of education, training and employment provisions available to them and in accessing these with your support, in order to reduce the risk of offending.

Safeguarding and Public Protection responsibilities are a fundamental part of this role and must be upheld in line with policies and procedures at all times.

The post holders’ responsibilities will be: -

• To work with children and young people within the YJS in the areas of accessing, re-engaging and promoting regular school attendance and accessing training and employment (both community and custody).

• To build relationships with education and training providers with a view to impacting on young people’s educational engagement and outcomes.

• To provide specialist advice to all staff in respect of guidance, information, knowledge and understanding of school protocols and processes and expectations surrounding children/young people’s attendance, objective and goals.

• To be responsible for ensuring the YJS has an effective SEND response and is up to date with relevant changes as these develop.

• To provide hands on support for young people with identified education needs (i.e. learning, attendance, attainment) to enable them to achieve positive educational outcomes.

Candidates will need to have: -  

• NVQ Level 4 in Child Care/Youth Work or other relevant qualification e.g. Education & Youth Offending.
• Experience of working with young people who have offended or have complex needs and are having difficulties in their education experience.
• Have at least 3 years experience in a relevant role.
• Have up to date knowledge of relevant education legislation and knowledge of SEND/EHCP reforms.
• Effective negotiator, able to assist and deliver on policy and work to best outcomes of young people.
• Able to write clear and concise reports often within limited timescales.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent communicator.
• Flexible and creative in approach.

If you would like an informal discussion about this role, please email Saleh Ahmed, Team Manager saleh_ahmed@sandwellchildrenstrust.org

When people join the team at Sandwell they say it feels like they become part of the family…they have #ComeHomeToSandwell. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our Family.

So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children’s Trust, then we’d love to hear from you.

Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.

Please note that pre-employment checks will be carried out in line with the Department for Education KCSIE Guidance 2022.

To apply please click on the link below to complete an application form and view the Sandwell Deal:-

https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/apply/

We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to their advertised date if we receive a large number of applications. Therefore, you are strongly advised to complete and return your application as soon as possible.