Sen Case Officer - London, United Kingdom - London Borough of Bexley

London Borough of Bexley

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Vacancy Description

Title:

SEN Case Officer

Service Area/School:

Childrens Services (excl Schools)
Achievement and Inclusion

About Us:

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.

The Statutory Assessment and Review Service is part of the Local Authorities Children's Services and Education Directorate, located at the Civic Offices in Bexley.

About the Role:

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Bexley, ensuring our children and young people can achieve their full potential?

We have an exciting opportunity for a SEN Case Officers to support the Special Educational Needs Team in fulfilling its role in carrying out our statutory duties, such as undertaking Education Health and Care Needs Assessments, monitor the delivery of children's & young people's EHC Plans and ensure our young people are appropriately placed and have access to suitable education.

The team is growing to meet demands and to ensure families receive a great service, maybe you are just the person to support with this

We are looking for passionate and knowledgeable colleagues who are able to support families and carers of young people with SEN as well as supporting education settings from nursery to post 16/19 providers, with meeting the needs of learners with Education, Health and Care Plans.

You will be required to administrate the Statutory Assessment and Review process and liaise with schools, professionals and families to support and discuss the best way forward in meeting the needs of children and young people 0-25, with SEND, so they can thrive.

You will be integral to co-coordinating the statutory assessment, production, issue and review of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP).

Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.

If you would like an informal discussion about this post then please contact:

Vicki Beck

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Alison Mcilwraith
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Kayleigh Skey

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date advertised.

You will need to be a qualified teacher or hold an equivalent relevant qualification at degree or similar levels and have experience of working in or with schools/education settings in a professional capacity.

Experience or knowledge of working directly within the area of Special Educational Needs (e.g. in a school, LA or other education, health or care service) and being well versed in Statutory legislation is essential for this post.

We are looking for colleagues with great people skills and communication skills who can support our children and young people with SEND who require statutory support, as well as their families, education providers, LA colleagues, and our busy SEN team.

Please note that this role does not involve direct one to one work with children and young people and is not based in a school setting.

The post holder is a representative of the Local Authority, within Children's Education Services for the Statutory Assessment Service.

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers.

The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.

The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.

How To Apply:

Please note that the system has a one-hour time limit.

We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload.

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