SEND Admissions Officer
The starting salary for this position is £32,173 per annum based on a 36-hour working week. This role is offered as a 8-month fixed-term contract or secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave, ending 15th January 2024.
If you are passionate about supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and are ready for a challenge - we've got a great opportunity for you!
The SEND Admissions Team is an integral part of the Children's Commissioning Service; driving change and innovation with the ongoing focus of improving outcomes for children and young people across the County. We are now looking for a passionate and solution focussed person to join our team.
This role is open to hybrid working and as a team we split our time between working from home and collaborating together in the office. We'd welcome a conversation with the successful candidate on what hybrid working may look like for you.
Our Team are primarily responsible for overseeing the placement process for children and young people with an Education, Health and Care Plan who are moving from one phase of education to another.
Your role as an Admissions Officer will be central to the work we do as you make quality placements that allow the children and young people we support to achieve their potential throughout their academic career. This may include placements in mainstream or specialist provision in the independent and non-maintained sector.
This is a challenging but rewarding role, knowing that everything you do means improving the outcomes for some of our most vulnerable learners. You'll do this by:
- Establishing and embedding strong lines of communication across key partners and stakeholders, ensuring compliance with statutory SEN processes,
- Developing positive relationships with SENCOs, Headteachers and sector leads to deliver an effective service to our residents,
- Leading and coordinating consultations with schools and other local authorities for individual pupils, working closely with internal services like the Virtual School, Schools Finance and Vulnerable Leaners,
- Contributing to strategic development which ensures adequate SEND sufficiency across the County, and raising any risks or issues relating to placement sufficiency.
Here are the qualities, skills & experience we are looking for in our Admissions Officer:
- Sound knowledge of SEND legislation and processes,
- Effective communication and problem solving skills,
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage deadlines,
- Ability to process and organise high volume data.
As a member of our lively and busy team, you will be a part of the continuous improvement of our service; monitoring and evaluating processes, analysing feedback and responding to any changes in legislation.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 04/06/2023 with interviews to follow.
An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.