A government organization is looking for an experienced compulsory education officer for the Compulsory Education/Transition Point team. The deployment is due to illness/maternity leave replacement and focuses on handling and continuing existing compulsory education and absenteeism cases. The team collaborates with schools, young people and parents/guardians, youth care, and other involved chain partners. The activities are embedded in the client's organization.
The contractor participates in regular work meetings, reports to a supervisor, and works in a team.
What you do
- Investigate and handle reports of school absenteeism
- Conduct interviews with young people, parents/guardians, schools, and other involved parties
- Independently handle assigned complex compulsory education and absenteeism cases
- Assess unauthorized school absenteeism and determine and implement appropriate follow-up steps
- Perform activities in the field of supervision and enforcement of the Compulsory Education Act
- Draw up Halt official reports and official reports, if the case warrants it
- Handle appeals for exemptions
- Guide and handle cases of (imminent) home-schoolers
- Maintain contacts and collaborate with schools, youth care, and other relevant chain partners
- Register and maintain cases in JVS
- Participate in relevant work and case meetings for execution
- Answer substantive questions from starting colleagues where necessary
Profile
- Communicatively skilled and customer-oriented
- Able to adapt to municipal norms and values
- Collegiate - Capable of open, sincere, and transparent interaction
- Able to negotiate in complex situations and understands the role of the compulsory education officer in these cases
What they ask
- Demonstrable work experience with supervision and enforcement of the Compulsory Education Act, including assessing unauthorized school absenteeism and implementing appropriate follow-up steps
- Demonstrable work experience with the guidance and approach of (imminent) home-schoolers
- Minimum 3 years of demonstrable work experience in the past 8 years as a compulsory education officer within a government organization
- Demonstrable work experience with independently handling complex compulsory education and absenteeism cases, including conducting interviews with young people, parents/guardians
Preferences.
- Demonstrable work experience with independently handling complex compulsory education and absenteeism cases
- Demonstrable work experience with enforcement of the Compulsory Education Act and implementing and handling appropriate enforcement measures
- Demonstrable work experience in the past 2 years with the JVS system
- Demonstrable work experience with handling absenteeism reports, drawing up Halt Official Reports and/or Official Reports, and handling appeals for exemptions
- Demonstrable completed education at a minimum HBO bachelor level, in the direction of social work, Social Pedagogical Assistance (SPH), Social Work and Services (MWD) or comparable
- Demonstrable work experience with collaboration around compulsory education and school absenteeism, including with schools, youth care, and other relevant chain partners
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