Send Officer

3 weeks ago

Oldham, United Kingdom Oldham Council Full time

**Oldham Council**

***

People Services

SEND Assessment and Review Team

**Ref**: G7/OL-89632

**Contract**: Permanent

**Salary**: £36,648 - £40,221 per annum (Grade 7)

**Hours**: 36.66 per week

**Based**: Level 3, Oldham Council, Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham, OL1 1UT

**Closing Date**: Tuesday 27th February 2024

**Shortlisting & Interview Dates**: TBC.

Job Description & Person Specification.docx

**Role Overview**:
We have high aspirations to achieve the very best outcomes for children and their families and put the needs of children at the heart of everything we do. This requires professionals like you who share our determination to meet the diverse needs of our children and young people.

**Job Purpose**:

- To manage a caseload of Children or Young People with SEND where they are undergoing an Education and Care Plan Needs Assessment, have an Education, Health and Care Plan, or where they are referred to the SEND Team.
- To lead on the drafting and issuing of Education, Health and Care Plans, the reviewing and maintaining of EHCP’s following annual reviews and to manage the complex cases of vulnerable pupils.

**Key Operational Responsibilities**:

- To lead in the EHC assessment process, with responsibility for preparing and presenting information about individual pupils and participation in decision making, about the provision required to meet the special educational needs and disabilities of pupils whose needs have been assessed.
- To be responsible for the production of high quality and person-centered Education, Health and Care Plans that are produced and reviewed in accordance with the Section 19 principles of the children and Families Act 2014, within statutory timescales and in accordance with the SEND Regulations 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice: 0-25.
- To have a significant knowledge of the Children and Families Act and Special Educational Needs and Disability, Code of Practice 0 - 25 years, and all associated legislation and guidance, in relation to working with and supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families.
- To prepare reports, present information and make recommendations at decision making panels for potentially high-cost placements, independent special schools and commissioned bespoke provision where appropriate.
- To ensure children, young people and their parents or carers are central to the assessment process and meet with them regularly to ensure that provision is being delivered in accordance with their SEND.
- Where appropriate to lead and manage person centered meetings, ensuring that the child, young person and their parents or carers are central to the discussion. To lead on training SENCOs on the principles of coproduction and how to undertake a person-centred planning or review meeting.
- To lead on the communication with parents and school SENCO’s and to manage the expectations of parents/ carers, children and young people, all stakeholders undergoing an Education, Health and Care Plan Needs Assessment, and where and EHC Plan is in place.
- To work in partnership with schools, support staff, parents/carers, health and social care and gather quality information in line with need and ensure the provision and placement is able to meet need and resolve issues relating to placement and provision.
- To lead on complex cases where vulnerable children and young people are on a Child Protection Plan or Looked After, coordinating educational provision and educational placements and being the key lead on all cases where children and young people are known to Social Care.
- To monitor the progress of children and young people against the objectives of their EHC Plan.
- Attend annual review meetings and offer appropriate challenge regarding progress towards the objectives of the Education, Health and Care Plan.
- Lead on the decision making within the legislation as to whether an EHCP needs to be amended or ceased and to make amendments to the Education Health and Care Plan following receipt of the Annual Review summary.
- Support parents of children and young people with an EHCP at transition points ensuring the law is followed.
- To represent the council and be an active participant at statutory annual review meetings to ensure the EHC plan continues to be up to date, and the provision continues to be appropriate.
- To challenge education settings where appropriate, to ensure support is being provided in line with the SEND Code of Practice.
- To prepare and present requests to the SEND Resource panel for changes in provision where appropriate.
- To prepare cases for, represent and make decisions on behalf of the council at mediations relating to, refusal to undertake an Education, Health and Care plans needs assessment, issue an Education, Health and Care Plan, Part I of the Plan or the provision named within plan.
- To be responsible for writing reports, providing information and data and undertaking proj

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