Multicultural Education Support Officer

Support Officer - Intercultural Education Service (IES) - 2 Posts (Job Reference: )Primary Location :
Antrim-Belfast-Belfast Office Other Locations :

Antrim-Belfast-Blythefield Primary School, Fermanagh-Enniskillen-Education Welfare Service Enniskillen Office, Tyrone-Dungannon-Dungannon Teachers' Centre, Tyrone-Omagh-Omagh Office Contract Type :
Fixed-Term (May be subject to extension or reduced for any valid reason)
Duration of Contract/Contract End Date :
See additional information

Status :
Full-Time Hours per Week : 36

Working Pattern :
Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pmGrade/Scale :
Administrative Officer | NJC pts 29 - 32 | £39,862 - £42,839 per annum

Allowance(s) :
Not Applicable Anticipated Interview Date(s) : TBCAdditional Information:
Base location to be agreed on appointment. Post One:
South West Region including Omagh and Enniskillen but this can be reached from Dungannon:
Fixed-term post until 31 December 2026 Post Two:
North East Region but this can be reached from Belfast:
Fixed-term post until 31 August 2027

JOB DESCRIPTION

REPORTS TO:

Head of Intercultural Education Service

RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Helping the Education Authority meet its statutory responsibility in supporting pupils from ethnic minority communities, including Asylum Seekers and Refugees, to help meet the increased demand from schools and families to educate and include these children and young people. The Support Officers are required to assist IES in the provision of educational support to our schools, our EA support services and to the families of these vulnerable children and young people.

JOB PURPOSE:

This regional post is required to help the Education Authority meet its statutory responsibility in supporting pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds and to help meet the increased demand from schools for EA services to help enroll and educate these children and young people. The Support Officer is required to assist IES in the provision of educational support to our schools, our EA support services and to the families of these vulnerable children and young people.

This post holder will work with the IES Adviser to:build the capacity of schools to meet the needs of ASR, Roma and Traveller pupils and their families. The support for schools is aimed at welcoming, supporting and developing positive outcomes for the newly arrived pupils;the current support officer career breaks are within the North Eastern region including the Causeway Coast and Glens Council area, and the second post is in the South Western region, but this can change as families are regularly moved to other parts of NI;provide

advice and support both in school and out of school to key partners in the child and young person’s education including parents, teachers, school managers, Boards of Governors, youth workers, training providers and any other community partners who provide education for the newcomer and other BME students;help to design, deliver and review school-based, cluster-based and other forms of training in response to the identified needs of schools in relation to these students;promote

access to early years’ opportunities, out of school hours’ learning, youth services and other external education provision which will complement the school-based education during and after school hours.

MAIN

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To help design and deliver additional educational support programmes for minority ethnic pupils, particularly those who are newly arrived and/or in need of additional educational needs support, such as Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Roma and Travellers;

To encourage schools to help the wider family support their children’s education through home visits; home-school liaison work and agreed transitionary arrangements to help the schools and parents improve the child’s early educational experiences in Northern Ireland;

To promote effective communication, information sharing, cooperative learning and clustering within and across schools and/or youth organisations in geographic or thematic clusters;

To assist schools and/or youth organisations in identifying culturally appropriate curriculum and other learning resources to help support the professional…