Sen Contracts - London, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Health

Sanctuary Health

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

SEND Contracts & Commissioning Officer
West London
£350 a day
Inside IR35
Full-time
Start date ASAP
3 month initial contract
Hybrid working

Duties:

To support the SEN and Inclusion Commissioning Manager in the development of contract and commissioning arrangements across the SEN and Inclusion Service. This will include playing a key role in the data analysis, monitoring and planning for commissioned services.
To ensure effective monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance processes are in place for all education settings to benefit service users, with a particular focus on value for money, safety and high quality services with ISP and INMSS provision.
To maintain a database of INMSS, ISP and other Special Independent schools/Academies either used or potentially could be used by the Council. This to include keeping up to date records of Ofsted Inspections, costs, designations of provision, number of available places and provision available for learners (including health and social care, therapies, etc). To ensure the sharing of information across services where there are concerns about the quality or effectiveness of provision or safeguarding concerns and to support the SEND Place planning process in the development of identified need to be developed within the borough.
To support the SEN Team with options for placements in INMSS/ISPs where this is the most appropriate placement for learners based on EHCP needs. Advising with regards to known provision held on the INMSS/ISP database. To support a VFM assessments to ensure the most appropriate placements for learners.
Where placements agreed, moderation of placement proposals to EHCP outcomes, negotiate with providers to ensure best value and cost negotiations, ensure meeting learner needs, provides progression and movement towards independence, PFA, etc.
To support the SEN Team in arranging appropriate and timely transport ensuring correct services are provided that meet individual needs, e.g. via the Schools and Colleges Transport Team. Ensure that transport and travel costs are factored into VFM assessments when considering placements.
To ensure Placements are approved through the correct panels for approval, ensuring confirmation of packages where health and social care contributions are required. Ensure effective transition from Panel authorisations to Commissioning Education places, and the issuing of contracts.
To issue and monitor contracts (NSCC) and payment schedule to all ISP and INMSS placements, support the issuing of SLAs and ad hoc contracts for other education providers, including SRPs, Alternative provision placements, Supported Internship providers and any other related education provision.
To ensure that data bases, IT systems and monitoring information is maintained and up to date from issued contracts.
To provide support, advice and guidance to providers with regards to payment of approved education packages (through Controcc, POs, etc).
To ensure the upkeep of the Local Offer and parents/carers are aware of available provision. Support the SEN team during phased transfer consultations to ensure learners are placed in the most appropriate settings based on their needs but also taking into account parental preference. To promote local provision wherever possible.
Analise the use of INMSS and ISPS and the needs of learners placed there to inform future development of provision. Support the work of the PSV and SEND Place planning priorities.
Support the work of the PSV repatriation of learners priority. Support the identification of learners who can be supported to move into lower level support placements, return to the borough or to move to placements within the borough. Support SEN case workers with this through the annual review and phased transfer processes.
To ensure that there is effective liaison and communication between partners, providers, customers, SEN Team and the social care Brokerage Team, health partners, including information to be provided to customers regarding their education package, including start times/dates and general information.
Support the business planning process, assisting with the development and implementation of business cases and development of strategies to address identified service gaps.
To liaise with finance and ensure that all financial requirements are met. To ensure VFM and to advice in delivering improvements where identified.
To assist the finance team in developing budget monitoring systems and processes that facilitate effective monitoring of spend and cost efficiencies.
To support the review of budgets and resources, the redirection of resources to deliver key targets and outcomes in learners EHCPs, decommission services where required, support the development of Pathways and PFA outcomes, particularly at transition points.
To monitor costs savings and aversions as a result of brokerage negotiation outcomes.
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