THE DETAILS:
- Location: Caernarfon,
- Contract: Temporary
- Salary Type: Not Supplied
- Language: Welsh
- Closing Date: 15 January, 2024 12:00 AM
This job application date has now expired.
Details
Job Advertisement
EDUCATION
TEMPORARY INCLUSION ASSISTANT MANAGER
Required as soon as possible
Temporary post to be held for up to one year from commencement, in the first instance (Secondment will be considered)
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually. ( Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
For further information about this post please contact Ellen Rowlands on 01286 679007 E-m ail: ellenrowlands@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Interview date to be confirmed.
Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH Tel: 01286 679076 E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
SALARY: £40097.00 - £44758.00 (+3 SPA) per annum.
CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, 03/01/2024
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.
Person Specification
Personal attributesEssential
Determined to reduce the gap for vulnerable learners.
Strong and effective team player.
Understand the need to ensure value for money results and use evidence.
Sensitive, tactical and diplomatic manner.
Flexible, ongoing and resilient.
Effective resource and time management.
Review and evaluate ways of working.
Engage effectively with a wide range of people, including learners, parents, Headteachers and other professionals.
Effective communication skills both orally and in writing.
Maintain confidentiality and works with discretion.
Collaborate and negotiate with a variety of agencies.
Desirable
-
Qualifications and relevant trainingEssential
A degree level qualification that is related to education.
Extensive experience of working with schools and families.
Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
-
Relevant experienceEssential
Successful teaching experience
Experience of working with pupils with behavioural/emotional problems
Experience of training and mentoring
Experience of working with a variety of partners.
Experience of development, managing, ensuring and evaluating the quality of processes and initiatives to ensure good results.
Desirable
-
Skills and specialist knowledgeEssential
Knowledge and understanding of the main issues and current educational and legal developments facing schools and authorities in the ALN and Inclusion field.
Knowledge and understanding of the Child Safeguarding area / procedures.
Excellent knowledge of effective education
Knowledge of legislation, guidelines and attendance policies.
Knowledge of legislation, guidelines and policies in relation to exclusions.
Good understanding of priorities and current action plans relating to the needs of vulnerable children and young people.
Thorough knowledge of Estyn's review framework
Thorough understanding of regulations and procedures to safeguard pupils and staff within the behaviour maintenance provision.
• A robust understanding of the ethos and values that ensure inclusive and successful schools.
An awareness of the Gwynedd and Anglesey ALN&I Strategy
An understanding of the Individual Development Plans
Desirable
-
Language requirementsListening and Speaking - Higher
Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions.
Reading and Understanding - Higher
Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.
Writing - Higher
Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).
Job Description
Purpose of the Post.
• To ensure that the children and young people of Gwynedd and Anglesey are central to everything we do.
• Make a substantial contribution to the main aim of the Authorities, namely, to ensure that all our pupils reach their full potential.
• Support the Inclusion Manager to ensure that the Service fulfils its full potential by leading specific tasks and projects.
• Coordinating improvements in accordance with the instructions of the Inclusion Manager.
• Delegate to the Inclusion Manager and represent the Service as required.
• Develop, lead and oversee specific projects within the area of work including responsibility for finance, staff and report as requested.
Responsibility for functions . e.g. staff, budgets, equipment
• Any budget, staff resources associated with grants.
• Any funding selected by the Inclusion Manager
• Manage contracts as required including service standard agreements with other parts of both authorities
Main Duties
• Ensure that the Council fulfils its statutory responsibilities for ensuring attendance and good behaviour whilst promoting high levels of social inclusion and wellbeing through assessment, support and where necessary, intervention, particularly of our most vulnerable learners and the learners who are children in care.
• Ensure that the needs of vulnerable learners are fully met through the work of the Inclusion Team with a key emphasis on raising attendance and reducing exclusions.
• Ensure the most appropriate support to prevent vulnerable learners from being excluded and those who are at risk of dissatisfaction.
• Contribute effectively to ensure the quality of educational provision for pupils who receive support from the Inclusion Service including those in mainstream schools, Rotation Centres, Education Hubs and Education other than in school settings.
• Plan, facilitate, and where appropriate contribute to providing effective training programmes which aim to raise standards, develop teachers' expertise, improve attendance and reduce exclusions.
• Provide guidance and operational management support to the work of the Inclusion Team and support schools to reduce exclusions and effective use of the controlled movements policy.
• Brokering creative support where necessary to prevent exclusions of primary and secondary pupils.
• Ensure that schools are effectively supported regarding possible exclusions with the intention of reducing the level of exclusions.
• Implement the effective re-integration progress.
• Represent the Education Authority as necessary and ensure fairness in meetings where pupils at risk of permanent exclusion are discussed.
• Represent the Education Authority as necessary and take responsibility over pupils' continuation of education who are permanently excluded.
• Provide operational management support to ensure that there is optional education at home (EHE) and Education outside the school is appropriate and meets the needs of learners.
• Ensure that there is a continuum of support for behaviour that is effective in all learning settings in the Authority.
• Provide robust quality assurance of the education provided to students who are taught outside of school mainly in the KS3/4 hubs.
• Regular collaboration and consultation with the Senior Behavioural and Inclusion Psychologist and the other ALN&I Quality Officers for planning suitable interventions for the pupils who receive support.
• Collaborate with other teams in the Department to ensure a coordinated approach to oversee and share achievement data and information effectively across the service and the Department as appropriate.
• Communicate a shared vision that promotes good attendance and low exclusion rates whilst ensuring high levels of social inclusion and learner wellbeing, particularly for our most vulnerable learners and those learners who are looked after.
• Train as a certified trainer in the field of behaviour maintenance to provide training in schools across the Local Authority as appropriate.
• Monitor the implementation of restrictive practices as appropriate.
• Support decisions regarding the approach to be taken for schools facing challenges, with particular reference to promoting good attendance and reducing exclusions while ensuring high levels of social inclusion and learners' well-being, especially for our most vulnerable learners and those learners who receive care.
• Maintain close working arrangements with the Department's and schools' resource management provision.
• Implement national and local policies, strategies and operations that promote and contribute to the social and educational inclusion of pupils in their communities.
• Ensure that resources are used effectively.
• Provide professional advice and support to schools to improve attendance and reduce exclusions of children and young people.
• Take delegated responsibility for managing allocated financial budgets ensuring that the team uses the resources available to meet service requirements in a flexible and creative way.
• Monitor the quality of the hubs' provision and take appropriate steps to ensure improvements by reviewing the provision on an ongoing basis so that it meets needs, of high quality and efficiently, ensuring that quality frameworks, service level agreements are in place.
• Monitor and evaluate the results of the service on an ongoing basis against agreed standards, raising any issues / problems with the Inclusion Services Manager
• Attend meetings, locally, regionally and nationally, which relate to attendance, inclusion and well-being at the request of the Inclusion Manager
• Multi Agency working- Ensure active contact with educational institutions and other educational partners.
• Be a proactive member of the year 11 vulnerable pupils panel and contribute to the agendas to reduce NEET's.
• Lead on carrying out any procurement and contract management exercises.
• Responsibility for self-development.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
• Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
• Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special Circumstances . e.g. the need to work unsociable hours, special working arrangements etc.
• -
The above indicates an outline of duties only, in order to give an idea of the level of responsibility entailed. This job description is not exhaustive in detail, and job duties may change from time to time without changing its fundamental nature and level of responsibility
Job Advertisement
EDUCATION
TEMPORARY INCLUSION ASSISTANT MANAGER
Required as soon as possible
Temporary post to be held for up to one year from commencement, in the first instance (Secondment will be considered)
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually. ( Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
For further information about this post please contact Ellen Rowlands on 01286 679007 E-m ail: ellenrowlands@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Interview date to be confirmed.
Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH Tel: 01286 679076 E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
SALARY: £40097.00 - £44758.00 (+3 SPA) per annum.
CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, 03/01/2024
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.
Person Specification
Personal attributesEssential
Determined to reduce the gap for vulnerable learners.
Strong and effective team player.
Understand the need to ensure value for money results and use evidence.
Sensitive, tactical and diplomatic manner.
Flexible, ongoing and resilient.
Effective resource and time management.
Review and evaluate ways of working.
Engage effectively with a wide range of people, including learners, parents, Headteachers and other professionals.
Effective communication skills both orally and in writing.
Maintain confidentiality and works with discretion.
Collaborate and negotiate with a variety of agencies.
Desirable
-
Qualifications and relevant trainingEssential
A degree level qualification that is related to education.
Extensive experience of working with schools and families.
Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
-
Relevant experienceEssential
Successful teaching experience
Experience of working with pupils with behavioural/emotional problems
Experience of training and mentoring
Experience of working with a variety of partners.
Experience of development, managing, ensuring and evaluating the quality of processes and initiatives to ensure good results.
Desirable
-
Skills and specialist knowledgeEssential
Knowledge and understanding of the main issues and current educational and legal developments facing schools and authorities in the ALN and Inclusion field.
Knowledge and understanding of the Child Safeguarding area / procedures.
Excellent knowledge of effective education
Knowledge of legislation, guidelines and attendance policies.
Knowledge of legislation, guidelines and policies in relation to exclusions.
Good understanding of priorities and current action plans relating to the needs of vulnerable children and young people.
Thorough knowledge of Estyn's review framework
Thorough understanding of regulations and procedures to safeguard pupils and staff within the behaviour maintenance provision.
• A robust understanding of the ethos and values that ensure inclusive and successful schools.
An awareness of the Gwynedd and Anglesey ALN&I Strategy
An understanding of the Individual Development Plans
Desirable
-
Language requirementsListening and Speaking - Higher
Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions.
Reading and Understanding - Higher
Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.
Writing - Higher
Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).
Job Description
Purpose of the Post.
• To ensure that the children and young people of Gwynedd and Anglesey are central to everything we do.
• Make a substantial contribution to the main aim of the Authorities, namely, to ensure that all our pupils reach their full potential.
• Support the Inclusion Manager to ensure that the Service fulfils its full potential by leading specific tasks and projects.
• Coordinating improvements in accordance with the instructions of the Inclusion Manager.
• Delegate to the Inclusion Manager and represent the Service as required.
• Develop, lead and oversee specific projects within the area of work including responsibility for finance, staff and report as requested.
Responsibility for functions . e.g. staff, budgets, equipment
• Any budget, staff resources associated with grants.
• Any funding selected by the Inclusion Manager
• Manage contracts as required including service standard agreements with other parts of both authorities
Main Duties
• Ensure that the Council fulfils its statutory responsibilities for ensuring attendance and good behaviour whilst promoting high levels of social inclusion and wellbeing through assessment, support and where necessary, intervention, particularly of our most vulnerable learners and the learners who are children in care.
• Ensure that the needs of vulnerable learners are fully met through the work of the Inclusion Team with a key emphasis on raising attendance and reducing exclusions.
• Ensure the most appropriate support to prevent vulnerable learners from being excluded and those who are at risk of dissatisfaction.
• Contribute effectively to ensure the quality of educational provision for pupils who receive support from the Inclusion Service including those in mainstream schools, Rotation Centres, Education Hubs and Education other than in school settings.
• Plan, facilitate, and where appropriate contribute to providing effective training programmes which aim to raise standards, develop teachers' expertise, improve attendance and reduce exclusions.
• Provide guidance and operational management support to the work of the Inclusion Team and support schools to reduce exclusions and effective use of the controlled movements policy.
• Brokering creative support where necessary to prevent exclusions of primary and secondary pupils.
• Ensure that schools are effectively supported regarding possible exclusions with the intention of reducing the level of exclusions.
• Implement the effective re-integration progress.
• Represent the Education Authority as necessary and ensure fairness in meetings where pupils at risk of permanent exclusion are discussed.
• Represent the Education Authority as necessary and take responsibility over pupils' continuation of education who are permanently excluded.
• Provide operational management support to ensure that there is optional education at home (EHE) and Education outside the school is appropriate and meets the needs of learners.
• Ensure that there is a continuum of support for behaviour that is effective in all learning settings in the Authority.
• Provide robust quality assurance of the education provided to students who are taught outside of school mainly in the KS3/4 hubs.
• Regular collaboration and consultation with the Senior Behavioural and Inclusion Psychologist and the other ALN&I Quality Officers for planning suitable interventions for the pupils who receive support.
• Collaborate with other teams in the Department to ensure a coordinated approach to oversee and share achievement data and information effectively across the service and the Department as appropriate.
• Communicate a shared vision that promotes good attendance and low exclusion rates whilst ensuring high levels of social inclusion and learner wellbeing, particularly for our most vulnerable learners and those learners who are looked after.
• Train as a certified trainer in the field of behaviour maintenance to provide training in schools across the Local Authority as appropriate.
• Monitor the implementation of restrictive practices as appropriate.
• Support decisions regarding the approach to be taken for schools facing challenges, with particular reference to promoting good attendance and reducing exclusions while ensuring high levels of social inclusion and learners' well-being, especially for our most vulnerable learners and those learners who receive care.
• Maintain close working arrangements with the Department's and schools' resource management provision.
• Implement national and local policies, strategies and operations that promote and contribute to the social and educational inclusion of pupils in their communities.
• Ensure that resources are used effectively.
• Provide professional advice and support to schools to improve attendance and reduce exclusions of children and young people.
• Take delegated responsibility for managing allocated financial budgets ensuring that the team uses the resources available to meet service requirements in a flexible and creative way.
• Monitor the quality of the hubs' provision and take appropriate steps to ensure improvements by reviewing the provision on an ongoing basis so that it meets needs, of high quality and efficiently, ensuring that quality frameworks, service level agreements are in place.
• Monitor and evaluate the results of the service on an ongoing basis against agreed standards, raising any issues / problems with the Inclusion Services Manager
• Attend meetings, locally, regionally and nationally, which relate to attendance, inclusion and well-being at the request of the Inclusion Manager
• Multi Agency working- Ensure active contact with educational institutions and other educational partners.
• Be a proactive member of the year 11 vulnerable pupils panel and contribute to the agendas to reduce NEET's.
• Lead on carrying out any procurement and contract management exercises.
• Responsibility for self-development.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
• Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
• Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special Circumstances . e.g. the need to work unsociable hours, special working arrangements etc.
• -
The above indicates an outline of duties only, in order to give an idea of the level of responsibility entailed. This job description is not exhaustive in detail, and job duties may change from time to time without changing its fundamental nature and level of responsibility