SENDSTART Caseworker

CRA GROUP RECRUITMENT AND PAYROLL LTD; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority seeks a professional to support the development of high-quality education, health, and care plans (EHCPs) for children with special educational needs. The successful candidate will engage with families and various services, oversee assessments, and maintain positive relationships with schools.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with CYP with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Experience of leading multiagency meetings.
• Professional qualifications/registration as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Act as main contact for families in education health care needs assessment.
• Work closely with service providers to facilitate reviews of EHCPs.
• Prepare documentation for mediation or Special Educational Needs Tribunal.

Skills

Partnership working

Nonverbal communication

Education

Degree

Professional qualifications/registration

Evidence of professional development

Job description

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• To support the council in meeting its statutory duties under part 3 of the Children & Families Act 2014 by overseeing and actively engaging in the development of high-quality and timely education, health, and care plans (EHCPs).
  

Key Duties/Accountabilities

• Act as the main point of contact for parents/carers and young people wishing to engage in the education health care needs assessment process (EHCNA).
  
• Work closely with families, schools, and a range of service providers, including education, health, social care, and voluntary sectors.
  
• Work in partnership with schools to facilitate meaningful reviews of existing EHCPs.
  
• Ensure, through consultation, that suitable provision is identified to meet CYP’s needs and accurate recording is kept.
  
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with locality schools.
  
• Support managers, tribunal officers, and decision makers through professional and timely preparation of local authority statements and other relevant documentation required for mediation or the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST).
  

Essential Experience Required

• Experience of working with CYP with special educational needs and disabilities.
  
• Experience of leading multiagency meetings.
  
• Experience of writing person-centered plans and preparing reports.
  
• Experience of communicating using a variety of different methods including the use of nonverbal communication.
  
• Experience of partnership working.
  
• Educated to degree standard.
  
• Professional qualifications/registration as appropriate to the role.
  
• Evidence of continued professional development.
  

Additional information to note

• Working hours: 36 hours per week.
  
• The role requires an enhanced DBS.

Requirements

Requirements

• Experience of working with CYP with special educational needs and disabilities
  
• Experience of leading multiagency meetings
  
• Experience of writing person-centered plans and preparing reports
  
• Experience of communicating using a variety of different methods including the use of nonverbal communication
  
• Experience of partnership working
  
• Educated to degree standard
  
• Professional qualifications/registration as appropriate to the role
  
• Evidence of continued professional development
  

Job Description
1 month contract with a local authority
Job Purpose

• To support the council in meeting its statutory duties under part 3 of the Children & Families Act 2014 by overseeing and actively engaging in the development of high-quality and timely education, health, and care plans (EHCPs).
  

Key Duties/Accountabilities

• Act as the main point of contact for parents/carers and young people wishing to engage in the education health care needs assessment process (EHCNA).
  
• Work closely with families, schools, and a range of service providers, including education, health, social care, and voluntary sectors.
  
• Work in partnership with schools to facilitate meaningful reviews of existing EHCPs.
  
• Ensure, through consultation, that suitable provision is identified to meet CYP’s needs and accurate recording is kept.
  
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with locality schools.
  
• Support managers, tribunal officers, and decision makers through professional and timely preparation of local authority statements and other relevant documentation required for mediation or the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST).
  

Essential Experience Required

• Experience of working with CYP with special educational needs and disabilities.
  
• Experience of leading multiagency meetings.
  
• Experience of writing person-centered plans and preparing reports.
  
• Experience of communicating using a variety of different methods including the use of nonverbal communication.
  
• Experience of partnership working.
  

Essential Qualification Required

• Educated to degree standard.
  
• Professional qualifications/registration as appropriate to the role.
  
• Evidence of continued professional development.
  

Additional information to note

• Working hours: 36 hours per week.
  
• The role requires an enhanced DBS.

Requirements

Requirements

• Experience of working with CYP with special educational needs and disabilities
  
• Experience of leading multiagency meetings
  
• Experience of writing person-centered plans and preparing reports
  
• Experience of communicating using a variety of different methods including the use of nonverbal communication
  
• Experience of partnership working
  
• Educated to degree standard
  
• Professional qualifications/registration as appropriate to the role
  
• Evidence of continued professional development
  

Requirements
To support the council to meet its statutory duties under part 3 of the Children & Families Act 2014 by overseeing and actively engaging in the development of high quality and timely education, health and care plans (EHCPs).