An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of SSENDIAS, to work alongside our existing caseworkers and other team members. SSENDIAS is a statutory 0-25 service that provides parents/ carers, children & young people with up to date, impartial, confidential information, advice and support around a range of education, health and social care matters relating to their SEN and disability.
For this role we are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic additional member to the team. Someone who is committed to ensuring the voice of parent and child is heard in all decision-making processes around their childs education. You will be an integral part of SSENDIAS, and you will have excellent communication skills and experience of working with families.
You will have the ability to work closely with a wide range of professionals, including statutory and voluntary groups providing information, advice and support to parents/ carers and their child/ young person.
You will need to keep up to date with all legislation on SEND education and related health and social care matters. To have the ability to disseminate this to parents/ carers in a variety of ways; online, face to face, through training sessions, at events and support groups. Ensuring the parent fully understands their options to empower, enable and encourage them to take an active part in decisions about their child or young person’s education and future.
This is a full-time temporary position until end of March 2027 working 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities, which benefit you and the Council. The post is in a hybrid way of working, involving working from home, in the office and in various face to face meetings in schools and with other professionals to suit service need.
For any enquiries, please contact Sally Morrison, SSENDIAS Manager on or email
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.