Regional Send Co-ordinator - Warwickshire, United Kingdom - The Dare2Dream Foundation

The Dare2Dream Foundation

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Warwickshire, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Dare2Dream Foundation are looking to appoint a Regional SEND Coordinator for the Warwickshire & West Midlands area.

Our team deliver a wide variety of highly bespoke social and emotional wellbeing, positive behaviour support and alternative education provisions across the Midlands, Oxfordshire and the South of England.

The core aim of our work is to enhance both the mental health and life opportunities of vulnerable children and young people.

The Person and the role

The Regional SEND Coordinators primary role is to ensure the children and young people referred in to the service are receiving the most appropriate support available that is child-centered.

This pivotal role is responsible for the coordination of services available and communicating with all professionals involved, ensuring all documented plans are adhered to.

The post holder will ensure progress is tracked appropriately and a smooth transition occurs for children and young people ending with the service.

This role will support the foundation's mission of enhancing the wellbeing and life opportunities of children and young people by providing bespoke, social and emotional support whilst working in partnership with local authorities, schools and like minded community organisations.

This role requires a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills, working effectively with all relevant stakeholders. This role requires organisation, flexibility and pro-activity always with a child centred approach.

This role will champion The Dare2Dream Foundation core values and will actively market the services the foundation provides to the children and young people it supports.

Accountabilities and Main responsibilities of the role

To serve as a liaison between Dare2Dream and all external professionals such as Local Authority SEND teams and also Social Care as well as Health.
Assist with the induction programme to all new Practitioners
Monitor and develop training within the team and across the organisation as a whole alongside Senior Leadership
To work closely within the senior leadership team to ensure the process is followed and implemented as appropriate.
Process alongside the Senior Management Team the referrals, monitoring these from start to finish including the monitoring of outcomes of all young people on the caseload.
Attendance at key meetings as required to represent Dare2Dream and provide clear feedback on support.
Line management of a team of Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners including the supervision of caseloads and conducting probations and appraisals.
Line management of the Lead Practitioner and supervision of staff monitoring.
Oversee the children and young people's progress and appropriateness of support ensuring decisions are made surrounding support in an effective and timely manner.
Ensuring compliance with legal frameworks
To effectively communicate with all partnering organisations
To line manage staff as agreed and induct individuals as needed into the team
To ensure performance management is completed and staff are continually supported
To work alongside the team to develop interventions and plan of interventions
To work closely alongside the wider staff team to ensure questions and dealt with and oversight is had
To work closely with external agencies to develop projects and relevant schemes for young people, as required
To work closely with management to further develop the organisation as a whole and existing ways of working and recording
To ensure continual monitoring of legal frameworks in relation to the organisation such as Alternative Provision and policies released by the Department for Education and to share relevant information from these.

Safeguarding

To ensure that policies and procedures are complied with and to contribute to any necessary reviews as required
To complete regular safeguarding training and update to Designated Safeguarding Training as required.
To follow reporting procedures to ensure the child's/young person's welfare is always paramount.
To report Safeguarding concerns as per the policy.

Management and Development

To ensure compliance with regulatory and Dare2Dream's policies and procedures with particular regard to Child Protection, Equal Opportunities and Health & Safety.
To ensure the appropriate behaviour and conduct of any volunteers / support staff, their provision of quality care and their development
To contribute to staff and volunteer recruitment and training activities when required
To ensure the monitoring of the assessment cycle for all young people and their outcomes
To ensure the development of all Practitioners and the monitoring of this through Case Supervision and Appraisals.

Service Management

To attend regular meetings with Dare2Dream management and provide regular reports to line manager, Head Teachers and local authority on the activity of provision
To maintain re