SEND Advisory Officer (SO2)

Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified.
Location : Civic Centre, Enfield Council.
Hours Per Week : 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.
Salary: £17.27.

Enhanced DBS & barred list check (Child & adult) Required
• To undertake, organise and develop the efficient and effective implementation of
administrative procedures in relation to the EHC needs assessment and review of children/young
people with special educational needs and disability ensuring compliance with statutory deadlines
• To ensure that appropriate provision and arrangements, including travel assistance, are
made to meet the needs of pupils with SEND taking into account the efficient use of LA resources
• Provide written and verbal advice on the statutory procedures to parents, educational
settings, Health and Social Services, support services and other agencies ensuring supportive,
sensitive and constructive liaison so that decisions are well supported and have maximum potential
for sustainability
• Take appropriate action including the negotiation and agreement of placement and
provision of specialist support
• Write EHCPs taking all professional and parental advice into consideration.
• Attend and contribute to Multi Agency Meetings within educational settings to support the
development and agreement of outcomes and provision.
• To chair Multi Agency Meetings, where appropriate, to co-ordinate the development and
agreement of outcomes and provision.
• Consult and negotiate with headteachers and others to ensure that appropriate provision is
made for pupils with SEND
• Maintain, review and amend EHCPs
• Liaise with other LAs in respect of children and young people moving out of borough/moving
into Enfield
• Ensure arrangements for the appropriate placement of children with SEND in schools,
Resourced Provision, Special Schools and other educational facilities/establishments as required
• To ensure that arrangements for travel assistance are considered and arranged as
appropriate
• Attend meetings with educational settings and parents to work proactively to minimise the
number of cases which are put forward to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal
(SENDIST)
• Prepare relevant documents e.g. a chronology, in response to appeals to the Special
Educational Needs Tribunal/legal proceedings.
• Assist the Senior Advisory Officers and SEND Service Manager with the preparation of case
statements/documents in response to appeals to the Special Educational Needs Tribunal/legal
proceedings.
• Liaise with Legal Services and witnesses for the LA, as required, in relation to appeals to the
Special Educational Needs Tribunal/legal proceedings.
• Consult with educational settings, parents and other professionals in relation to placement,
provision, reviews and the maintenance of EHCPs
• To undertake appropriate casework in respect of key transition stages and transport
assistance for children and young people with SEN
• To produce a range of written correspondence, including draft responses to complaints or
enquiries from MPs, Solicitors, parents, educational settings in conjunction with the Senior Advisory
Officers and SEND Service Manager
• To monitor SEND contracts to ensure performance indicators have been reached
• To represent the SEND Service at a range of meetings/panels to present advice regarding
pupils with SEND
• Make appropriate and timely inputs to the SEND data system as require
• Support the SEND Service Manager by assisting with the induction of new members of staff
• Contribute to Case Management meetings and support the service to identify solutions in
relation to complex cases

2. Support and Guidance
   • To provide support and guidance to operational support officers
   • To assist the daily work of the operational support officers by identifying priorities and
   making operational decisions with regards to conflicting deadlines
3. Partnership working and training
   • Attend meetings with parents, their advocates, parent groups, educational settings, Services
   or any stakeholder to resolve any disputes/disagreements/offer information regarding the business
   of the SEND Service
   • Encourage and develop positive relationships with educational settings, parents and other
   agencies through high quality liaison and communication
   • Consult and negotiate with educational settings and services in respect of children/young
   people with SEND to ensure that appropriate provision is made
   • Participate in training of LA, school and college staff, Governors and other agencies in
   relation to the statutory processes and procedures
   • Participate in inter-agency initiatives and priorities which are consistent with the needs of
   the SEND Section
   • Liaise with Health and Social Services, voluntary groups and other agencies as required and
   work in partnership to develop provision for children/young people with SEN
   KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
   Essential:
   Sound knowledge of education and the major current and anticipated issues for learners, schools,
   colleges and the Local Authority in relation to Special Educational Needs
   Good communication skills to be able to liaise, negotiate, mediate and respond to a wide audience
   including children and young people, parents, schools, Governors, SENCOs and Head Teachers
   Ability to build effective relationships and engage in partnership working with a range of customers
   including parents, their advocates, schools, LA colleagues and professionals
   Good written skills to write EHCPs taking all advice into consideration, to prepare Tribunal Case
   Statements and to produce a range of written correspondence
   Ability to work effectively within a team and contribute to the team ethos yet with the initiative to
   work
   independently, as required, and to support individuals, institutions and also organisations
   Ability to work effectively with conflicting demands and to deadlines
   Proficient use of IT systems and awareness of EMS to support the delivery of the service
   Experience of working within a special educational needs environment
   Desirable:
   Experience of working with complex cases
   A clean driving licence and access to a car/mode of transport for business purposes