Sen Casework Officer

**SEN Case Work Officer**

**Bootle**
**£25 Per Hour (Umbrella)**
**Contract**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a SEN Case Work Officer to work within Sefton. The role of the post holder is to contribute to the processing of 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.

**Main Duties**:

- To deliver dynamic outcomes led generic statutory assessment service to an allocation of service users.
- To ensure that parents & young people are fully involved in drawing up statements/EHC plans, and in reviews and assessments.
- To recognise the wide range of emotions that having a child with special needs may generate and ensure that the anxieties of parents/carers and other service users are diffused effectively.
- To support the Lead SEN Officer in preparing the papers for tribunal and formal mediation-and to deputise in the presentation of the authority’s case, if required.
- To take responsibility for arranging placements & transport where the outcome of statutory assessment is that the child’s needs would best be met in a Sefton resourced or special school.
- To use the advice provided for the assessment to provide an indicative band for ‘top-up’ funding prior to a placement being agreed.
- To ensure that annual reviews of EHC plans are completed, read and appropriate action taken.
- To supply data collated from individual assessments to inform the provision planning process.

For more information, Please contact Sam at Novax Recruitment