The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team responsible for processing the Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessments, co-producing and reviewing EHC plans for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) aged 14-25.
The role will be to monitor and maintain the EHC plan for a caseload of young people with SEND, working in close partnership with parents, carers, schools, colleges and a range of other agencies.
To develop high quality outcome focused EHC Plans, and co-ordinate the SEND processes in compliance with the requirements of the Children and Families Act 2014, the Special Education Needs (SEN) Code of Practice 2015 and service performance outcomes to ensure that LA is able to respond to the needs of SEND Young People, and improve outcomes for this cohort of young people.
This role is based at London Bridge.
About You:
You will need a sound working knowledge of SEN and Disability and have a Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) recognised (Level 4 or above) Youth and Community Work qualification, Teaching, Social Work or Careers Guidance qualification or have substantial experience of working with children and young people with SEND through formal and informal processes and group work skills as a Personal Advisor/youth worker/key worker/teacher/careers advisor/counsellor/SEND Caseworker.
Commitment to person centred and personalised approaches are essential, as are excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to create high quality outcomes based plans. A superb communicator at all levels you must have excellent organisational skills, a high level of literacy and good knowledge of SEND in a school-based environment.
The role also calls for Knowledge of Equal Opportunities in working with children and young people.
We are looking to recruit 3 Co-ordinators (2 Full Time and 1 Part Time) on a permanent basis.
All posts are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service(DBS) clearance.
Recruitment timetable
Application closing Date: 11.59 pm on the 10th November 2021
Interview Date: W/C 29th November 2021
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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