SEND Case Worker

Connect2Dorset; Dorchester; Remote; GBP 44,000 - 59,000; Part time

Job summary

Connect2Dorset is recruiting for a SEND Provision Case Worker to support Dorset Council’s SEND Service. The role focuses on EHC needs assessments and EHC Plan reviews for children and young people aged 0-25 with SEN.

You will work within statutory frameworks, collaborate with SEND Leads and Managers, and help manage casework and data to help deliver high-quality outcomes. The position is temporary with remote working.

Qualifications

• Experience with statutory regulations and SEN policy.
• Ability to learn SEN legislation to perform the role effectively.
• Excellent customer service and clear communication under pressure.
• Flexibility to manage fluctuating workloads to meet deadlines.
• Good numeracy and written literacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Process EHC needs assessment requests and collate relevant advice.
• Provide accurate, timely information to parents, professionals and panels.
• Co-facilitate meetings with young people, parents and schools.
• Liaise with schools, colleges and other services to support SEND.

Skills

Casework experience

SEN knowledge

Communication skills

Numeracy & literacy

Time management

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Job description

SEND Provision Case Worker.

Temporary (3 months minimum)

£280 a day

Remote working.

Immediate start.

About Connect2Dorset

Connect2Dorset is the managed service recruitment partner to Dorset Council, providing temporary, contract, and interim opportunities across the organisation. Built on values of being ethical, trustworthy, and caring, our profits are reinvested back into our Local Authority shareholders.

Caseworker Advert

About the role:

Now is an exciting time to join Dorset Council as we shape our SEND Service. We have a number of roles, across various localities. We are looking for applications from candidates who share the Dorset Council values and are passionate in ensuring we deliver a high-quality service. You will join a supportive team to assist with administrative processes related to Education, Health and Care (EHC) Needs assessment and the review of EHC Plan Reviews for Children and Young People 0-25 with special educational needs or disability.

You’ll undertake a range of duties in line with the statutory requirements of the Children and Families Act 2014 including case work and statistical work around SEN policy in liaison with SEND Provision Leads and SEND Team Managers.

Education

You’ll support Provision Leads with a case load of pupils and students with special educational needs and disabilities (aged 0 - 25) and work will include (but isn't limited to):

• Processing EHC needs assessment requests including collating all professional advice and parental information for an allocated case load.
• Provide, secure and advise on accurate and timely advice and information to parents, professionals and panels.
• Co-facilitate meetings with young people, parents, and schools to begin the statutory processes and act as a key worker where appropriate.
• Co-facilitate multi-agency meetings to produce the Education Health and Care Plans of individual children and young people.
• Work proactively with parents and carers of children with SEND and liaise with schools, colleges, Early Years settings and other service and agencies as appropriate.

• Considerable experience of working within an area of statutory regulations and applying local policy, preferably in a SEN related area, or demonstrate the ability to learn to do this.
• The necessary in-depth knowledge (or have the ability to develop) and understanding of SEN legislation in order to undertake the role effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to provide great customer service under what can sometimes be very difficult circumstances.
• Flexibility as the workload of the post will vary and at certain times of the year can be vast and requires the team to use the flexi-system to work additional hours to enable the post holder to meet agreed deadlines.
• A knowledge of (or ability to develop the knowledge of) the legislative framework and procedures for the assessment of children and young people with special educational needs.
• The ability to work within tight deadlines and work schedules with conflicting priorities without compromising accuracy, where the nature of a task may change at short notice.
• A good standard of numeracy and written literacy skills.
• Experience of working in a complex organisation.
• A proven background of using word processing and spreadsheet computer packages with the ability to present timely information in a user-friendly and understandable format to all levels of staff.

Connect2Dorset is a trading style of Dorset & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Dorset Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Dorset is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates