Inclusion Officer

Job Introduction

37 hours per week - term-time only

Role Purpose 

We are seeking a dedicated Inclusion Officer to join our team. The primary focus of this role is to improve school attendance and ensure that children and young people receive a suitable, full-time education. This involves working collaboratively with schools, families, and various agencies to support inclusive practices, reduce persistent absence, and minimise the need for disciplinary sanctions. 

Main Responsibilities 

• Establish effective, professional relationships with schools, providing information, guidance, and support to develop good practices that ensure all pupils attend school regularly and receive a full-time suitable education.
• Identify children who are persistently absent from school or are not receiving a suitable education.
• Support and advise schools on attendance strategies and inclusive practices.
• Analyse non-attendance data and engage with students and families to overcome barriers to education and promote positive attitudes towards learning. 

Ideal Candidate 

The ideal candidate for the Inclusion Officer role should have: 

• 3 A levels /NVQ, HND or diploma or above in a related field or equivalent in experience.
• Experience of effectively working collaboratively with and providing advice and guidance to school staff in relation to pupil behaviour and attendance
• Experience of effectively working collaboratively with a range of professionals and agencies to improve outcomes for children and young people.
• Experience of working directly with parents, carers, children and young people.
• A sound knowledge of the education sector and good practices related to improving school attendance and reducing pupil absence.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build strong relationships with senior staff within schools, external partners, and internal colleagues
• A proactive and solution-focused approach to overcoming barriers to education and promoting positive attitudes towards learning.

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people.  Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline.  We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services.  By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward.  If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.

DBS

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.