Elective Home Education Monitoring Officer - 29.60 hours

Application Deadline: 29 August 2025

Department: Childrens Services

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Torbay Council

Reporting To: Team Manager

Compensation: £44,305 - £48,349 / year

Description

Job Description & Person Specification >

Torbay Children’s Services are looking to recruit a candidate who is passionate about making a difference to children and young people.

As an Elective Home Education (EHE) Officer you will provide support and guidance to families that prefer to educate their children and young people at home. You will record, track and monitor EHE registered children, visiting families to offer advice and guidance where it is needed or required. You will be expected to work collaboratively with partners and colleagues to ensure children are in receipt of an education and are appropriately safeguarded.

The role is dedicated to supporting children in accessing the education to which they are entitled. It will remain the parent’s responsibility to educate, and the requirement of your role will vary to meet each child’s specific situation.

This post meets the requirements for an Enhanced Criminal Record Check. This will show spent and unspent convictions and adult cautions which have not been filtered in line with legislation, plus any information held by local Police that is considered relevant to the role.

If you are viewing this advert on a job board, you can access the full job description by placing the below URL into your browser:
https://www.torbay.gov.uk/jobs/job-descriptions/elective-home-education-monitoring-officer-1/

For an informal chat please contact Dan Hamer on 01803 206281 or Dan.hamer@torbay.gov.uk.

Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 1st September 2025.

Our adverts do sometimes close early - even where there's a published deadline - so if you're keen, please apply as soon as possible.

Skills

Essential:

Effective teaching skills including ability to work with more vulnerable pupils & challenging pupils.
Ability to work with other teachers and support staff effectively.
Ability to understand and analyse pupil attainment and other key data related to school performance.
Ability to lead and motivate parents and pupils.
Good understanding of representation of the Local Authority at multi-agency meetings.

This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.

Knowledge

Essential:

Knowledge of both Primary and Secondary curriculum including legal requirements current practice and developments.
Knowledge necessary to enable effective teaching of 2 or more subjects.
Knowledge of Safeguarding legislation and practice.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential:

Certificate in Education or PGCE.
Qualified Teacher Status.
Experience of working with other agencies involved with the welfare and education of young people.
Preparing young people for external examinations.
Subject leadership in a school.

Skills

Knowledge

Experience & Qualifications

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