Sen Casework Officer

Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company within the private and public sector has a role for a SEN Casework Officer for the local authority in Devon. The role offers fully remote working.

This pay rate for this role is up to £25 per hour (Ltd/Umbrella) and is on an ongoing contract.

**Main duties**:

- To support the Head of the County Special Education Team in the delivery of a specialised service in relation to the work of the County Special Education Team and to ensure the Authority carries out its duties under the Education Act 1996 and the DfE SEN Code of Practice.
- To have day to day responsibility for the administration of the patch caseload including day to day management of the Area Team SEN Administrators to ensure completion of work within statutory timescales.
- To manage the administrative processes for the statutory assessment of children with special educational needs consistently to ensure that assessments are completed and statements issued within the statutory timescales.
- To be the first and main contact for parents, Headteachers, SEN Co-ordinators and other service users in relation to the caseload (approximately 700 cases).

**Requirements of the SEN Casework Officer**:

- Ability to manage a designated caseload against constantly changing demands and conflicting priorities within tight statutory deadlines.
- An in depth and extensive specialist level of knowledge of the responsibilities and procedures under the 1996 Education Act.
- An in-depth specialist knowledge and good understanding of the legislation in respect of the SEN Code of Practice, the Authority’s Guidance Criteria for Statutory Assessment and Resource Allocation, Admissions Code, Exclusions Policy, Transport Policy and other associated policies.
- Educated to at least GCSE level in Maths and English or equivalent.
- An enhanced DBS certificate dated within the last 12 months is desirable but not essential

**Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel**:

- Daily payroll
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive knowledge
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance support with a specialist safeguarding team
- In-house payroll system

**Contact**:
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

**Reasonable Adjustments**:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.