The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details
- Job title: SEND Casework Officer
- Job reference: 000012287
- Date posted: 22/06/2026
- Application closing date: 06/07/2026
- Working Pattern: Full time (37 hours per week)
- Salary Grade: E (£27,694 – £29,540)
- Contractual hours: 37 hour basis
- Location: Council House
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Job category/type: Education / Learning
We want every child and young person with special educational needs and/or disabilities in Derby to be able to ‘live their best life’. The SEND Service plays a massive part in making sure that this happens.
We work with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities to make sure that they achieve well in their early years at school and in college and lead happy and fulfilling lives.
Responsibilities
- Formulate education, health and care (EHC) plans in accordance with the SEND code of practice.
- Collaborate with colleagues in health, schools and social care, fully involving children, young people, parents and carers in co-producing EHC plans.
- Show empathy and resilience in supporting children and young people, and their parents or carers, through the assessment process.
- Support the service’s continuous improvement journey by highlighting blockages and identifying solutions to ensure statutory obligations are met.
Applicants must include a covering letter explaining how their qualifications, experience and skills match those listed on the job description and provide evidence of experience working in statutory SEND services.
Benefits and Working Conditions
- Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role)
- Hybrid working (depending on your role)
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (increasing to 32 days after 5 years’ service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
Additional Information
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form and align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home‑based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
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