Send and Ehcp Coordinator - South East, United Kingdom - SupaJam Education in Music & Media

Description

Who We Are

SupaJam is a music focused post-16 Specialist Provider, supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged year olds across our three bases in Swanley, Canterbury and Brighton.

The majority of our students have a variety of social, emotional or special educational needs, or have previously disengaged from mainstream education.

Our ethos is to be forward thinking, caring and encouraging whilst providing a structured, supportive and non-judgmental environment.

Working at SupaJam is unlike any other role in an education setting.

Our young people have all struggled in life, largely through no fault of their own, and most have battled with often undiagnosed special educational needs.

To be part of a company that challenges the status quo, goes the extra mile for all our young people whilst immersed in the music industry is often challenging, but always rewarding
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The Role

Answering to the Director of SEND, the SEND and EHCP Coordinator will be a key member of the team by helping to develop SupaJam's SEND policy and practices, including directly training our frontline teaching and support staff in SEND requirements and best practice.

You'll also manage the day-to-day administration and implementation of SupaJam's SEND duties in line with statutory timescales and other legislative requirements under the SEND Code of Practice.

This role is ideal for individuals who have previously worked for Local Authority SEND teams or in similar EHCP Co-Ordinator/Administrator positions in post-16 provision with experience of legislative requirements and related systems and processes.

Like everyone at SupaJam you should have a great sense of humour, endless patience, boundless energy and enthusiasm and the ability to engage with young people on their level.

Plus, a strong desire to work with disadvantaged young people with special educational needs.

SupaJam is committed to diversity and inclusion, and we believe this helps us to be a more relevant and effective organisation.

Our Mission

To help vulnerable young people who have previously fallen out of formal education to engage, achieve and progress in a unique, inclusive learning environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain current knowledge of SEND legislation and statutory duties and share knowledge as appropriate with colleagues and the wider staff team.
• Build positive relationships with the Young Person, their families, local authority SEND Teams, Social Services and any other relevant teams.
• Manage appropriate resources for SEND support for all bases and liaise with the Director of SEND for funding requests.
• Ensure that SupaJam is meeting statutory requirements with EHCP annual reviews and funding.
• Work closely with the Director of SEND to input into the High Needs Funding spreadsheet.
• Ensure that provision plan targets are communicated appropriately.
• Communicate SEND needs of student to staff Attend Team Around the Young Person (TAYP) meetings where required (SupaJam's internal meeting to discuss support needs of a student).
• Monitor the attendance of students with SEND and support with improving attendance within the base.
• Ensure students needs are met and in the classroom and through interventions as identified and documented.
• Plan, coordinate and implement annual and inyear reviews for every student with an EHCP in line with statutory timescales.
• To liaise with and inform parents/carers about the specifics of the SEND provision for their child.

Commitment to Safeguarding

• To record low, medium or high level safeguarding concerns on CPOMS, detailing the incident and demonstrating the identification and management of risk.
• To escalate high level safeguarding concerns.
• To manage low and medium level safeguarding incidents as outlined in the safeguarding policy and workflow.
• Attend all safeguarding training when required so you are always on top of the latest advice and procedures
• To make referrals to external agencies such as Prevent, social services, mental health support providers and other support services.

Person Specification
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Skills and Qualities_

• Ability to be highly organised and be able to prioritise key responsibilities and suitable/appropriately delegate tasks.
• Excellent communication skills with students, colleagues, parents and professionals.
• Good resilience and conflict management skills.
• Ability to support with student needs, including deescalation and holistic support in line with the values and ethos of SupaJam.
• Excellent written skills as the applicant will need to write statutory reports/check that others have competed reports sufficiently.
• Pragmatic and flexible thinking.
• Empathetic.
• Be able to 'see the bigger picture'.
• Forward thinking/planning.
• Excellent teamwork skills.
• Strong but fair and supportive leadership qualities.
• Diligent and thorough with process and quality of work.

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Essential_

• Will have several years experience w