The Prevention Work Officer role is to ensure that all relevant and appropriate interventions have been put in place to enable Children and Young People (CYP) who require SEN support to achieve their expected learning outcomes. The role involves liaising effectively with parents and young people, schools, and other services to ensure appropriate interventions are in place, and quality‑assuring the effectiveness of the graduated response within schools and raising awareness of, and signposting to, relevant local authority guidance.
Responsibilities
- Meet with families and schools to discuss the effectiveness of the SEN Support Plan and opportunities for any additional support, working alongside the Inclusion service, developing innovative and creative solutions to enable the child or young person to achieve their potential.
- Proactively work with families, schools and agencies to ensure that children and young people are appropriately supported with SEN support.
- Work directly with families, schools and other agencies to determine whether an EHCP needs assessment request is appropriate and to assist with the collation of evidence towards the request.
- Consider cases at Request to Assess meetings and complete any follow‑up required to fully inform a decision.
- Under the guidance of the SEND Officer, consider, interpret and analyse requests for Education, Health and Care needs assessment in line with legislation and local policy to ensure robust and consistent decisions are made.
- Provide advice to parents, schools and other agencies about SEN Assessment, EHCP processes, Annual Review and LA SEN Policy.
- Promote Inclusion in all education settings and work in partnership with all agencies to ensure that children and young people with special educational needs are effectively safeguarded and to refer to appropriate services when necessary.
- Have a thorough understanding of and commitment to personalisation and person‑centred approaches and a focus on preparing for adulthood.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 4 qualification in a relevant subject OR demonstrable experience within a special needs context or Local Authority.
- Evidence of ability to extract relevant information from a range of data sources and present it in different formats.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the concepts and implications of special education needs.
- The ability to work in partnership with parents and staff from other agencies and engage in dialogue and negotiation to ensure positive outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
- Highly motivated, flexible, and able to use initiative, dependable, and able to meet deadlines when under pressure.
- The ability to inspire confidence in the public and colleagues and be committed to providing high quality public service.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team and have a strong working knowledge of the SEN Code of Practice.
We are a Disability Confident Employer. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
For information on our approach to recruiting ex‑offenders, please see the relevant policy statement.
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