Casework Officer (Special Educational Needs)

Job Description

Job Category: Education
Location: Magdalen House, Bootle, L20 3NJ, Sefton MBC
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £21.25

Job Purpose:
• To contribute to the processing of statutory assessments and the production and annual review of Statements/EHC plans for children and young people in accordance with the and the Children and Families Act 2014 and Special Educational Needs Code of Practice 2015.
• To support the Lead SEN Officer in planning, delivering and monitoring the statutory assessment processes to ensure that Sefton pupils with SEN make good progress and that available resources are used effectively and efficiently.
• To implement the changes in the identification, statutory assessment and monitoring of pupils with special educational needs arising from the Children and Families Act 2014 and operational delivery of statutory services within SEN and inclusion functions.
• To ensure that SEN and inclusion services are delivered in line with the principles set out in clause 19 of the Children and Families Act 2014 with children, young people and their parents being supported to participate as fully as possible.

Qualifications & Training:
• Education to degree level in field relevant to the post (Essential)
• Evidence of further study in the fields of education or social care (Desired)
• A professional qualification relevant to this post, e.g. qualified teacher status (Desired)
• Evidence of continued professional development (Essential)
• Accredited training in ICT (Desired)

Experience & Knowledge:
• Experience of working in local government, education settings or the voluntary sector with individuals, groups and organisations. (Essential)
• Able to understand and process information relating to children’s special educational needs (Essential)
• Administrative experience which evidences enhanced skills of collating and analysing information and report writing (Essential)
• Experience of work in Special Educational Needs (Essential)
• Understanding of local/national developments in SEN (Essential)
• Knowledge of current legislation and guidance relating to SEN (Essential)
• Experience of multi-agency working (Desired)
• Experience of working with special needs pupils in an educational setting (Desired)
• Experience of and commitment to applying a model of strength to issues affecting children, young people and their families (Essential)
• Experience of advising and negotiating and mediation work (Essential)

Other:
• Able to fulfil the travelling requirements of the post
• Enhanced disclosure (DBS)