We are currently recruiting for a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities officer. This is a remote role working 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
An immediate following a successful vetting and compliance process.
The role is to ensure that the needs of young people are met in an integrated, coherent and sustained manner as part of the SEND team, by providing direct support and working with specialist services, to include children and young people with SEND and their families, SEND teams, colleges, schools and settings and external partner organisations.
You will be line managed by the SEND Lead Officer and be working with schools, colleges and settings to identify children and young people with SEND, identifying how needs will be met and outcomes achieved. You will undertake necessary assessments of need, including Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment, and participating in multi-agency meetings to address the special educational needs and disabilities, as affecting the education of children and young people and their families, acting as lead professional, as required by the Commissioning Hub.
The preparation of drafts and writing EHC plans; ensuring that these are of a high quality, using person centred approaches, focusing on outcomes and ensuring that they identify and meet the needs of the child or young person and their families and reflect their aspirations.
Maintaining children and young pe...