SEN Case Officer

Southampton City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

We are seeking to recruit a SEN Case Officer. The successful candidate will work as part of the SEND team delivery of statutory duties relating to special educational needs and disability. This opportunity is for a full time position to join our team supporting the coordination and management of Education, Health and Care (EHC) Assessment plans for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. (SEND). 

As a good all-round communicator, you will join a supportive team, where you will be trained and supported to develop. We provide a high quality and effective range of services for children with SEND. This is a challenging, fast paced and interesting role within a very busy environment.

You will be part of a service whose overarching aim is to make a positive and measurable difference to the outcomes of children and young people with SEND aged 0 to 25.

We need:

• Someone who has experience in working with Special Educational Needs and Disability and has a good understanding of the legislation in relation to this area of education
• Someone with a high level of resilience and the ability to work as part of a team to inspire, support and challenge others
• Someone who understands co-production with children, young people, parent carers and stakeholders, and the importance of joint agency working.
• Someone with a positive solution focused approach to meeting children’ s individual needs with the ability to sensitively manage competing and conflicting priorities of service users whilst maintaining positive, professional relationships.
• Someone with excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to remain calm and negotiate effectively

 About the team

• A fast paced dynamic working environment with excellent opportunities for continuous professional development.
• The chance to make a real and measurable difference to the life outcomes of some of the most vulnerable children in our society.

For further information about this role please view the job description.

If you feel you have the necessary background, experience and skills to undertake this role we would like to hear from you.

What we can offer you:

Salary: The salary band for this role is £38,510 - £42,123. The starting salary is £38,510 with annual progression through the salary bands.  

Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• Excellent local government pension with 15.2% employer contribution
• Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
• Generous holiday 25–31 days, based on role and service
• Flexible working options (role-dependent)
• Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
• Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
• Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
• Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
• Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
• Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
• Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

For further information on our benefits package please visit: Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)

If you are applying for this opportunity internally on a secondment basis, you must obtain agreement from your current manager before applying. If you are successful, we will contact your manager to confirm the secondment arrangements.

Contact details:

For an informal discussion please contact Ali Clark, Practice Manager - Quality Assurance, at [email removed]

Recruitment contact details: 

Email: [email removed]

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For more information about SCC please visit Southampton City Council

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Attachments

• Case Officer - Job Description.pdf