SEND Lead Worker

Job purpose:

• Managing allocated work and cases to maintain or improve the wellbeing of clients.
• Determining care packages/support plans.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Acting as a single point of regular and consistent contact for children, young people with SEND and their families, when being supported with a ‘My Plan’.
• Ensuring the appropriate arrangement of services and advice, support and guidance.
• Providing advice and support for settings/services and families on SEND related matters including when applying for statutory assessment for individual children.
• Working in close partnership with settings/services securing best outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
• Promoting the early identification of children and young people with SEND additional needs.
• Ensuring that each need identified in the assessment is matched to an outcome in the plan. The plan will be agreed with young people and their families.
• Supporting children and young people to move between non statutory and statutory support as required.
• Contributing to the development of the SEND service, to respond to operational needs by initiating, developing and implementing innovate solutions.

Requirements:

• Recognised qualification in early years, social care, health or education to a minimum of level 4 or prepared to work towards one in the near future.
• Experience of supporting children / young people / families with SEND.
• Previous experience working in health, social care or education environment.
• Knowledge of current & developing national policy in relation to children’s services e.g. Children & Families Bill, Working Together 2013.
• Ability to establish a successful and trusting relationship with the child or young person and family.
• Extensive experience of supporting and advising settings / other practitioners.
• Enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months. On the update service? You could be fast tracked through our recruitment process today.
• Willingness to complete an enhanced DBS if you do not currently hold one.

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‍Must be eligible to work in the U.K