Assistant SEND Assessment Officer

3 weeks ago

Bolton, United Kingdom Bolton Council Full time

Grade: E scp 11 £27,269 to scp 17 £30,060
Contract: Permanent
Essential Qualification: NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
Hours: 37 per week

Ask us about flexible working options to fit with your work/life balance - #HappytoTalkFlexible

The Role
To support the SEND Assessment Officer to co-ordinate Education, Health and Care (EHC) Assessments and issue/ amend EHC Plans in accordance with the Children and Families Act 2014, the SEND Regulations 2014 and subsequent legislation and have responsibility for associated casework e.g. attendance at annual reviews, sourcing school placements.
To advise parents, young people and professionals on the EHC needs assessment procedures and to ensure the preparation of information to parents and schools meets the statutory requirements.

About You
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, hardworking and highly organised with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. You will need to manage a busy workload with competing priorities to ensure statutory timescales are adhered to and a high quality service to families. You will have a working knowledge of SEND and experience of liaising with parents/carers, schools and other agencies across education, health and social care. You will also have strong communication and good ICT skills.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and explain how you meet the points on the person specification.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk




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