{"id":35935,"date":"2026-03-11T16:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/?p=35935"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:21:42","slug":"administration-233-employment-status-devon-education-services-des-former-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-233-employment-status-devon-education-services-des-former-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration 233: Employment Status &amp; Devon Education Services (DES) Former Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Please find an update regarding Employment Status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand that many former DES staff are now self\u2011employed and continue to provide services to schools. If you choose to engage any of these individuals, an Employment Status Check must be completed using our form\u2014this is the same requirement that applies to any self\u2011employed person you engage. The check should be completed once you have agreed the work to be delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember &#8211; each arrangement needs its own separate check. So, if you complete a check for a briefing, you\u2019ll also need to do an additional check for any work they carry out specifically at your school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also aware that some of these individuals may refer to themselves as, or as part of, \u201cThe English Team\u201d or the \u201cDevon Education Collective.\u201d You may include these references when completing the check; however, it is essential that you detail the specific worker and complete all sections of the form in full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you experience any difficulties, please contact us directly at: <a href=\"mailto:finance.employmentstatus-mailbox@devon.gov.uk\">finance.employmentstatus-mailbox@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please find an update regarding Employment Status. We understand that many former DES staff are now self\u2011employed and continue to provide services to schools. If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1888,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 19:46:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35935"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35937,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35935\/revisions\/35937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}