About the Role As an Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforce Outreach Officer, you'll play a pivotal role in fostering inclusion and reducing exclusions across Rochdale. Working flexibly, you will support the delivery of the SEMH Graduated Response and support a tiered alternative provision model. Your role involves empowering schools to better support students at risk of exclusion through training, specialist advice, and collaborative networking. You ll also build capacity for inclusion by promoting best practices, and fostering partnerships between schools, families, and agencies. This dynamic, multi-agency role focuses on improving educational outcomes and transitions for students, ensuring a brighter future for all. About you To apply please upload your CV together with a supporting statement that provides evidence of how you meet the essential requirements of the person specification. We suggest that when completing your supporting statement, you use the person specification criteria as headings then give a specific example, detailing information on your qualification (check if this is specified). Please ensure you anonymise your CV and supporting statement. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to a DBS For internal RBC candidates approval for secondment should be obtained from your Service Director (or nominated representative) before applying for the post (temporary posts only) If you are interested in what we are offering, and have the skills we are looking for we want to hear from you. If you would like to discuss the post further please contact John Bird, Strategic Lead for Inclusion and Alternative Provision at john.birdrochdale.gov.uk Interviews will be held 23 rd January 2025