Elective Home Education Advisory Teacher

This role provides specialist advice and support to families who choose to home educate, ensuring that children receive a suitable and effective education in line with statutory requirements. The post holder works closely with internal teams and external partners to safeguard children, promote positive educational outcomes and uphold the local authority's duties under the Education Act. Key responsibilities include conducting home education visits and assessments, offering guidance on curriculum and learning approaches, monitoring cases, and escalating concerns where necessary. The role also involves contributing to policy development, maintaining accurate records, providing training to professionals and representing the local authority in EHE-related forums, while fostering collaborative and inclusive relationships with families and young people.

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.
Experience working in education settings, ideally with a focus on SEND or inclusion.
Strong knowledge of the legal framework relating to Elective Home Education (EHE).
Understanding of the SEND Code of Practice, Education Acts, and Children and Families Act 2014.
Knowledge of Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance.
Understanding of the National Curriculum and relevant educational standards.
Experience in teaching, curriculum development, and assessment.
Strong understanding of child development and the legal context for education and safeguarding.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with diverse families.
Ability to manage a caseload, prioritise tasks, and work independently.
Experience in safeguarding and multi-agency working.
Strong written communication and report-writing skills.
Experience working directly with home-educating families.
Understanding of alternative education approaches and pedagogies.
Experience in policy development or service planning., Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
Satisfactory declaration of interest;
This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
Satisfactory DBS check;
Continued professional body registration (QTS)
As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

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The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email so we can arrange an alternative application method., Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.