Assistant Send Officer

3 days ago


Bracknell, United Kingdom Bracknell Forest Council Full time

Employer:
- Bracknell Forest Council- Salary:
- £28,492 - £33,713- Location:
- Time Square, Bracknell- Contract:
- Permanent- Working Pattern:
- Flexible Hours/Full Time- Hours:
- 37 hours per week.- DBS Check:
- Yes- Closing Date:
- 16/06/2024 at 23:59- Reference:
- People/24/282521We are recruiting for Assistant SEND Officers who are committed to support all children and young people to learn, grow and to achieve their potential in education.

**This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact. We will help you to be at your best, so we can be at ours.**

It is an exciting time to join Bracknell Forest We are restructuring and investing in expanding our SEND and Specialist Support Service, reflecting the growing number of children and young people identified with additional needs. There is a lot to do and you could be an important part of our journey towards success

Bracknell Forest’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Team believe that every child and young person should have access to high quality education, with the right support at the right time, so that they can achieve the best outcomes possible as adults.

Our purpose is to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities - SEND - to achieve their outcomes so that they can live their best lives.

We are committed to work with our partners to develop processes around co-production and ensure this is embedded in everything that we do. We produce strategies that lead to co-delivery of services, making the best use of resources available for children and young people with SEND.

Because we’re Bracknell Forest.

**What it's like working in our team...**:
We are a small but growing team who work closely together to ensure we deliver the best support to families of children and young people with SEND. Sometimes the work is challenging, but our creative, solution-focused and collegiate approach means the work is highly rewarding. Many team members have worked in the SEND Service for several years while others are new to the service. We are friendly and supportive and share a passion for enabling vulnerable children and young people the best opportunities to achieve great outcomes and secure futures.

This is a diverse and busy role where no two days are ever the same. Whether working in the office, side by side with colleagues, or some days from home, you will be fully inducted and supported.

As one of our Assistant SEND Officers, you will assist the teams by providing high-quality and effective administrative support, covering a wide range of activities.

You will be responsible for supporting SEND Officers to deliver statutory assessments of children and young people; requesting and collating evidence; liaising with families and professionals; creating and updating electronic records using Capita ONE (our case management system), Microsoft Word and Excel and other software.

**You will be supported to carry out the following duties, responsibilities and training...**:

- Provide high quality confidential support in relation to coordination, administration, and implementation of all aspects of the SEND Team’s work.
- Responsible for information management, including maintaining and updating documentation on shared systems including Capita ONE, with due regard to data security.
- Making arrangements for meetings, workshops and other events as required.
- Collate the timely preparation and circulation of meeting papers, action notes and following up on action points.
- Coordinate and provide administrative support in delivery of the team’s response to Freedom of Information (FOI’s) and Subject Access Requests (SARs).

**The benefits you will experience are...**:

- An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks.
- Opportunities for flexible and agile working, we offer a hybrid model of working to promote flexible working around personal and family commitments.
- Generous annual leave commencing at 25 days increasing after 3 years’ service to 28 days (pro rata for part time). With additional annual leave purchase policy.
- Regular opportunities for development with internal and external training courses.
- A great office location next to travel links and the regenerated town centre.
- Internal sports and social club opportunities.
- An extensive employee assistance programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing.
- Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.
- Supermarket discount.
- Local government pension scheme / Life insurance cover.

**What we're looking for...**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible, confident and reliable person who is seeking a rewarding role. Strong administrative skills are required as well as previous experience in a similar post.

The successful applicant should have a ‘can-do’ approach, good organisational skills and the ability to multi-task with a high level of accuracy. Excellent communication skills and discretion



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