Children Missing in Education Officer

What will you be doing?

You will contribute to the Local Authority's statutory responsibilities relating to Children Missing Education, working closely with colleagues across Children's Services and partner agencies.

You will lead investigations to locate children who are believed to be missing education, ensuring timely and effective action is taken to establish their whereabouts and educational provision.

You will act as a key point of contact for schools, families, and professionals, providing advice and support on matters relating to Children Missing Education. Effective information sharing and partnership working are central to the role, helping to ensure that children receive appropriate support and remain safe.

You will be expected to take prompt and decisive action where concerns arise, recognising that early intervention is critical to ensuring children receive a suitable education and are protected from potential safeguarding risks.

The role may require travel across your allocated locality to attend meetings, liaise with schools and partner agencies, and undertake enquiries as required.

About you

It is essential that applicants are educated to A Level standard (or equivalent).

You will have a good understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and be able to apply safeguarding principles appropriately within the scope of the role.

You will understand the challenges that can affect children and families and be committed to working collaboratively with schools, parents, carers, and partner agencies to support positive outcomes.

You will be an effective communicator who can build positive working relationships with a wide range of professionals and stakeholders. You will also have strong organisational skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, and the resilience to work in a fast-paced environment with demanding deadlines.

You will be able to interpret relevant legislation, statutory guidance, and local procedures, applying them confidently and consistently in your day-to-day work.

Full training and a comprehensive induction programme will be provided to the successful candidates.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference to children and young people by ensuring they remain visible, safe, and able to access their right to education.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers