Salary: £40,911
Grade: Level 3 Zone 2
Location: 5 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 36
Closing Date: Wednesday 4th December 2024 at 23:55
About Camden
Camden is a borough where everyone can thrive. We’re home to vital conversations and bold social change, ensuring that no one is left behind. Our SEND & Inclusion Service is committed to delivering exceptional support for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). As a SEND Case Officer, you’ll play a key role in fostering collaboration, improving outcomes, and strengthening relationships with families and schools.
How You’ll Be Involved
This role involves managing the development and maintenance of Education, Health, and Care (EHC) Plans, from initial applications and assessments to annual reviews. You will work directly with families, schools, and other partners to ensure children and young people with SEND receive appropriate, person-centred support. By coordinating services across education, health, and care, you’ll ensure holistic, high-quality delivery for each child and family.
As a SEND Case Officer, you’ll act as a key contact for your caseload, attending planning and review meetings and responding to SEND queries. Your ability to ensure compliance with the SEND Code of Practice and maintain timely, effective communication with all stakeholders will drive success in this role. Data, feedback, and reflective practices will guide your efforts to continually improve service quality.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require a DBS.
All About You
We’re looking for someone with strong knowledge of SEND legislation, including the Children and Families Act 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice. Experience in drafting and managing EHC plans and collaborating with partners across health, education, and social care is essential. You will need excellent organisational and communication skills to handle sensitive and potentially contentious situations effectively, always ensuring the voice of the child is central to decision-making.
To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.
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What We Offer
At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.
Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity
Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.
Asking for Adjustments
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.