Virtual School Advisory Teacher

Are you a dynamic teacher who has extensive experience of working in a Virtual School? Working as part of Wandsworth Virtual School, you will support the educational outcomes for looked after children and care leavers aged 3-25 years. Your role will be to enable a ‘class’ of looked after children up to 18 years old to achieve the very best educational outcomes and high aspirations. This includes supporting the wider network with meeting their statutory responsibilities to ensure that education is prioritised in all care planning.

About the Role

Your role will be crucial to ensure that every learner in their ‘class’ has an up to date, robust and effective Personal Education Plan that targets learning, and progress completed each term. You will navigate the multi-professional network to ensure barriers to learning and progress are overcome. As a teacher, it will be your responsibility to monitor and track pupil progress and to recommend interventions to enable pupils and students to achieve and succeed. Part of your role will be supporting and equipping the network with skills and experience they need to support our learners, and this will include training to social workers, schools and foster carers. As looked after children are placed throughout the UK, the role will include travelling to meetings at schools outside London. The role will also include leading and co-facilitating enrichment opportunities that take place after school and occasionally during school holidays and weekends.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge

• You will have Qualified Teacher Status and are educated to degree level 2:2 or above.
• Have proven knowledge of education systems in schools, assessment frameworks and how to challenge under-achievement.
• A strong understanding of child development, attachment, trauma and its impact.
• Clear understanding of the barriers children may experience in accessing their learning.
• Effective team player with the experience of compiling professional reports for a variety of audiences and ability to meet deadlines.
• Effective communication and presentation skills and with the ability to develop positive relationships with vulnerable children, young people and a range of professionals.

If you meet the above criteria and have proven experience of raising attainment for vulnerable pupils, including those with special educational needs and English as a second language – we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Nova Levine (Virtual School Headteacher) on 07557 295630.

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.