SEN Casework Officer
Location: West Yorkshire
Pay rate:  £ 19.91 per hour

We are recruiting for an SEN Casework Officer based in the West Yorkshire. In this role you will play a  crucial role in supporting settings to effectively meet the needs of children in the early years with additional needs. You will make manage a caseload of children with Education Health and Care plans to ensure that all appropriate actions relating to statutory requirements are met. You will  undertake casework relating to new requests for statutory assessment to ensure that the case is prepared for a decision by SEN panel. You will write Education Health and Care Plans and make any amendments as required.

Essential to this role
Qualifications/Training
A good standard of educational and/or vocational qualifications, including English and maths at GCSE Grade A – C or equivalent
BTEC Level 3 award in SEN Casework or proven experience in a similar field.
RSA Stage II Text Processing or an ability to demonstrate an equivalent standard.
The applicant must have completed Child Protection Training (and undertake upstaged training as required), including the Common Assessment Framework, or be willing to undertake this training on appointment.
The applicant must have completed training related to Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation (and update this as required) or be willing to undertake this training upon appointment.          
Knowledge and Experience
* SEN Legislation and Statutory procedures and current education legislation
* Equalities Duties legislation LA procedures re Child Protection
* Giving and receiving supervision and appreciating the benefits of this.
* Extensive experience of working in the area of SEN, or substantial experience in a relevant area.
* Working with others from a range of professional backgrounds
* Working with parents and children
* Assessment used in schools by teaching staff and other professionals
In this role you will
Supervise and action the day-to-day work relating to a large pupil caseload, referring to SEN Officers and to Administration Officers as appropriate and ensuring that all processes are completed within statutory timescales.  
Make initial judgements regarding the initiating of statutory assessments and the amending of Education, Health and Care Plans following annual review, consulting SEN Officers as necessary.
Produce Education, Health and Care Plans, making judgements about needs and provision in light of advice from medical and educational professionals and other agencies.
Deal, as far as possible, with parental concerns and representations relating to the statutory processes, consulting with SEN Officers as necessary.
Guide and direct the work of Administration and Clerical Officers relating to the statutory processes, including the ensuring of arrangements to be made for individual children.
Ensure that schools and other providers detailed in a child’s Education Health and Care Plan are complying with the expectations and obligations placed upon them as specified in the Education Health and Care Plan and to take action as required
Consider the provisions in the Education Health and Care Plan and make decisions re whether the child is making progress in line with expectations and to then advise others accordingly.
Ensure that placements are arranged for children following initial assessment or annual review, including liaison with other Teams in the Local Authority (e.g. Admissions and Transport) and consultation as necessary with schools in line with statutory requirements.
Provide information for schools and other services about provision made for individual children as required.
Make judgements following annual reviews of Education Health and Care Plans, to establish whether changes are required and prepare appropriate submissions for EHC Panel about any necessary changes of provision.
Apply a solution focussed approach to facilitate negotiations where there are discrepancies between the needs and provision.
Communicate and meet with parents as required.
Attend pupil’s statutory Annual Review meetings, Child Well Being meetings, multiprofessional case meetings and working with groups as required.
Provide general advice and guidance about SEN related matters to parents, schools and other professionals and other agencies.
Advise the Principal SENART Officer and SEN Officers on the efficacy of the organisation and the systems relating to the Local Authority’s provision for SEN.
Assist with the preparation of cases for the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST).
Liaise as necessary with colleagues in the PCT, Family Services and other agencies.
Identify and review the needs for home to school transport for children with Education, Health and Care Plans.
Undertake such duties, as may be required and commensurate with the grade, in accordance with changing organisational objectives.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-
Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to, easy registration process, referral schemes and incentives, ongoing compliance managed for you, prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

This role is ideally located for those travelling from Leeds, York, Wakefield, Bradford, Huddersfield, Manchester, Rochdale, Normanton, Pontefract, Keighley, Sheffield, Shipley, Batley, Bingley, Otley, Halifax, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Halifax, Castleford, Dewsbury, Sheffield

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.