Sendiass Information Officer

Job title: SENDIASS Information Officer

**Salary**: C1 £28,598 - £31,022

Hours: 37

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid Working/ SENDIASS Office (TBC)

As a SENDIASS Information Officer you will work flexibly across the service to provide clear, consistent, and helpful information that helps people to understand their rights, share their views and feel confident to take part in SEND processes.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our

**council values**

and

**ambitions**


**About you**

As a SENDIASS Information Officer you will bring to the role:

- An ability to engage and communicate sensitively, clearly and accurately with different audiences
- An ability to understand, interpret and retain complex legal or procedural information
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan, manage and prioritise own workload
- An ability to produce and keep electronic documents, accurate records and statistical data
- An understanding of the issues faced by children and their families where there are SEND needs

**About the role**

Leeds SENDIASS is a dedicated and identifiable service that offers free impartial and confidential information, advice and support (IAS), children and young people between 0 and 25 years who have, or may have, Special Educational Needs and/or a disability (SEND), their parents/carers and professionals that work in the field of SEND.

As our next SENDIASS Information Officer youμ contribute to the front-line delivery of a high quality, effective statutory service that empowers service users to understand and exercise their rights, express their views and feel informed and able to navigate processes related to SEND.

**What we offer you**

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- a range of
**staff benefits**

to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

**How to apply**

**Read our guidance**

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact

**recruitment of ex-offenders policy**


If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the

**Skilled Worker visa**

route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

**Job purpose**:
Leeds SENDIASS is a dedicated and identifiable service that offers free impartial and confidential information, advice and support (IAS), children and young people between 0 and 25 years who have, or may have, Special Educational Needs and/or a disability (SEND), their parents/carers and professionals that work in the field of SEND.

The provision of this IAS aims to promote independence and self-advocacy and ensure that children, young people, their parents/carers and those supporting them feel informed and empowered to play an active role in decision making, thus supporting best possible educational and other outcomes for all.

The service functions at arm length to Leeds City Council, ensuring that the Local Authority fulfils the requirements of Section 332a of the Education Act 1996, Children and Families Act 2014 c.6 part 3 section 32, SEND Code of Practice 2015 and National Minimum Standards for Information Advice and Support Services 2018.

To contribute to the front line delivery of a high quality, effective statutory service as detailed in SEND legislation. Working flexibly across the service to deliver a broad range of consistent, effective and personalised information advice and support (Intervention levels 1&2 IAS) that empowers service users to understand and exercise their rights, express their views, wishes and feelings and to feel informed and able to navigate processes related to SEND.

**Responsibilities**:

- Complete and keep up to date with relevant legally based training on all matters relating to special educational needs and disability, health and social care to act a specialist in the area of SEND.
- Provide parent carers, children and young people with a range of information, including their rights and responsibilities, which will help them understand how education, health and social care services work for children and young people with SEN and/or disabilities.
- Be responsible for developing and maintaining a comprehensive and up to date SEND information resource base, which can be accessed through and adapted for a range of media and audiences.
- Be responsible for the service social media, Leeds for Learning page a