[ref. f08329000] SEN Advisory Officer – Education
What's involved with this role:
Interim SEN Advisory Officer – Education
Reference no: Cheshire W 5255260Pay Rate: £23.48 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Enhanced DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role
The purpose of the role is to contribute to the meeting of local authority targets regarding statements of SEN and Education Health and Care plans and to make an effective contribution to other local authority targets including raising the achievement of pupils identified with SEN, reducing out of borough provision and reduction of exclusions.
Key Responsibilities:
Advise schools in setting up systems for early identification of pupils with SEN and advise on making effective provision having regard to the relevant Education Acts and any current SEN Code of Practice.Advise schools in setting ups systems for planning, monitoring and evaluating their provision for pupils with SEND linked to the use of SEND funding.
Monitor SEN provision for individual pupils to ensure that provision is appropriate and pupils are making expected progress and, where appropriate challenge and intervene to bring about improvement.
Monitor and review statements of SEN and EHC plans attending review meetings at schools (including out of borough) where appropriate and ensure that appropriate provision, including curriculum differentiation and teaching and learning is being made in meeting pupils special educational needs and the requirements of their statements and EHC plans.
Assist the SEN Manager with appeals and complaints in their role to represent the authority at the Special Educational Needs Tribunal. To support with any correspondence with the DfE and voluntary organisations regarding any relevant issues.
Monitor the deployment of schools delegated SEN funding in terms of the appropriateness of provision and the impact of pupils progress and where appropriate work with other LA teams to bring about improvement.Make an effective contribution to the School Improvement programme and ensure appropriate support for schools with weaknesses identified by the LA and OFSTED.
Contribute to and develop training and guidance to support schools in raising pupils attainment and reducing the number of SEN statements and reducing exclusions.
Contribute to an annual service development plan and report and to meet team performance targets and measures related to this post.
Advise schools on appropriate pathways to other services, agencies and voluntary organisations.
Contribute to development of an integrated multiagency approach to service delivery using the Common Assessment Framework.
Contribute to ensuring services in localities are delivered in an integrated and coordinated manner consistent with good professional practice.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Teaching experience and knowledge of SEN tribunals and SEN mediations are essential.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Cheshire W 5255260
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