Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do. 

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

About the team we are recruiting to

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

The Education Entitlement Service (EES) strives to deliver outstanding services for our customers, predominately the children of Coventry, who may be requiring access to education or alternative education provision. We ensure vulnerable children are appropriately supported; have a voice, that hopefully leads to their high achievement and excellent progress.

The EES is made up of a diverse range of teams all working together to recognise, support and apply innovative solutions to address the growing issues in relation to trying to educate some of our most vulnerable pupils in schools. 

The Work Related Learning (WRL) Team works to improve the education outcomes for young people that are disengaged from education with the focus being improving their life chances and sustaining positive progression.  The team actively work in partnership with local Training Providers and Coventry's  Further Education College.

What is the job role?

The successful candidate will be supporting students accessing Coventry Alternative Provision (CAP) to successfully engage and complete their Alternative Provision programme, enabling them to achieve positive outcomes such as in personal and character development, improving life skills, awards, and/or positive destinations.

You will develop positive relationships and act as a main point of contact between schools, training providers, students, and parents/carers to uphold high levels of communication regarding Coventry Alternative Provisions and provide ongoing advice and support to training providers and schools to support positive outcomes for students.

You will oversee and monitor the delivery of Alternative Provision Programmes in line with the framework and against the Specifications (KPIs).

You will be expected to act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead; supporting on the delivery of training sessions for professionals to ensure all Training Providers providing services for CAP are adhering to safeguarding policy and procedures, including KCSIE. 

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate will have a strong background in education, or a related field together with a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people’s accessing Alternative Provision and will additionally have knowledge of:

• Understanding of Alternative Provision Guidance and school/local authority statutory duties.
• Awareness of statutory procedures around safeguarding, child protection and Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

We continually aim to improve the education experiences of Coventry children and young people, and high quality Alternative Provision through the CAP Graduated Model of Support is one aspect of this.  To achieve this Coventry City Council and the Coventry family of schools have together forged an education partnership that is based on principles of shared moral purpose and robust accountability.  

The partnership’s primary aim is to improve the life chances of all children and young people within the city.  Partnership success will evidence that all children, young people and adults have access to high quality education and learning, develop resilience, make positive life choices and contribute to a vibrant City of Coventry.

The Coventry Alternative Provision Personalised Monitoring and Outreach Officer will have responsibility for engaging and monitoring students accessing educational programmes through Alternative Provision settings so they may have successful outcomes.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

Members of the Armed Forces and veterans

Are currently in care or have previously been in care

If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council