Decision Maker: Corporate Director Children and Young People's Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To seek approval to accept the Department of
Education Section 31 Grant for the Extension to the Virtual School
Head Role
Project delivery from 1st Sept - 31st March
for 22/23 (Internal Advert)
a) Three temporary two term fixed contract FTE Education Liaison
Adviser posts would continue the effectiveness the Virtual School
delivery model and continue to add capacity. Each Virtual School
ELA worker has extended their duties to deliver strategic
improvement to children with a social worker for 0.3 FTE and be
responsible for the new duty within their locality. The proposed
option would continue use the extensive relational knowledge and
skills of the team and their existing relationships with schools,
social care and wider services and systems.
b) The Virtual School attached Education Psychologist Marianne
Doonan would continue to be allocated 1 day per week to deliver
training with a strong focus on Secondary schools with a high level
of CIN and CP need
From September 2021 Virtual School Heads were
asked to become strategic leaders for the cohort of children who
have been assessed as being in need under Section 17 of the
Children Act 1989 and currently have a social worker and those who
have previously had a social worker.
None.
Publication date: 21/09/2022
Date of decision: 20/09/2022
Effective from: 29/09/2022