Designated Social Care Officer – SEND Team

Overview

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Designated Social Care Officer within the SEND Service to work full time based in Redbridge. The salary for this permanent Designated Social Care Officer job is up to £61,461 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies, action plans and processes which support and enable the SEND reforms agenda to become embedded within social care operations and practice.
• Contribute to and influence SEND organisational design in Social Care and assist in the development of the Children with Disabilities Service as well as work with the whole of Children’s Service in respect of children with an EHCP.
• Establish and lead a network of social care SEND champions across Children’s Social Care. Facilitate and oversee the implementation of the SEND agenda within social care through this network and gathering insight and intelligence from them and other groups such as the parent carer forum to inform future planning.
• Contribute to social care workforce development by formulating a programme of blended learning/training relating to the SEND reforms across varied audience profile and functions.
• Quality‑Assure the input of social care information to EHCPs. Train and oversee social workers input to EHCPs.
• Complete audits (and quality assurance against the performance indicators) to ensure Redbridge is a learning organisation that continues to deliver evidence‑based practice delivering the right support, to the right family at the right time ensuring the service is good to outstanding in their practice.
• Responsible for developing social care aspects of the Local Offer that provide relevant advice and information and meet all legislative requirements.
• Analyse complex and varied work strands across functions, services, and agencies in order to identify and exploit opportunities for co‑production and integrated working between social care, health, and education to progress SEND reforms agenda.
• Work collaboratively with social care directors, heads of service and service managers to ensure social care meets statutory responsibilities under the Children & Families Act and Care Act, and to drive forward organisational culture change aligned to the SEND reforms.
• Lead on the social care elements of the local authorities self‑evaluation process to ensure readiness for SEND Ofsted and Children’s Social Care Ofsted inspections.
• Chair meetings, lead working parties, take responsibility for key areas of service development, and represent the service as required.
• Work in partnership with the child, parents and carers, Health Service including Acute and Community Trusts and with Integrated Care Boards, Departments within Redbridge Council, commercial and private sector, and voluntary bodies to identify and produce positive outcomes for children and their families within the context of the child’s safety and wellbeing within residential provision.
• Building and maintaining professional networks, seeking learning and information, and keeping relationships with partners and parents effective.
• To ensure that decision‑making in all children’s matters is undertaken in accordance with legislation, local procedures and best practice.
• To lead and develop a working environment that promotes a learning culture and active practice development within the workplace.

Requirements

• Degree or Equivalent in Social Work.
• Current Social Work England Registration.
• Post Qualifying Social Work Experience.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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