Caseworker

Location - Plymouth

Hourly Rate - £11.18

Full Time - Interim Position

Reference - 7860105

Please Note - We have 3 vacancies for this role.  Immediate Start.

Background

To be the first point of contact for parents/carers, Head Teachers, Special Educational
Needs Coordinators and other service users for pupils involved in the Education, Health and Care Plan process of statutory assessment. To be responsible for the timely receipt, coordination and collation of advice in relation to the statutory assessment and ensure completion within statutory timescales. To be responsible for the receipt and logging of Annual Review reports.

Key Responsibilities

• To be solely responsible for ensuring that approximately a third of all Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) are maintained, reviewed and amended annually in accordance with statutory timelines.
• To be responsible for undertaking casework in relation to new statutory assessments of special educational needs which total approximately 250 per year.
• To be responsible for liaising and corresponding with parents/carers and professionals through each stage of the assessment process, including giving, requesting and chasing of information.
• To be responsible for checking drafts, issuing EHCP and advice giving to parents/carers and all professionals who were involved in the assessment process.
• To exchange necessary information with parents, schools, professionals and other Local Authorities in regards to students with EHCP transferring into and out of Plymouth (approximately 30 cases per year).
• To be the first point of contact for parents, educational professionals and schools with regard to the Single Multi Agency Panel (SMAP) and be responsible for the preparation, attendance and follow-up of SMAP, demonstrating accurate recording of decisions and an in-depth knowledge of individual cases. 
• To be responsible for the receipt of, checking and follow up of any actions from Annual Review Report for all EHCPs maintained with the 0-25 SEND Team.
• To ensure that relevant databases are accurately maintained with the confidential pupils, parent and assessment details in conjunction with 0-25 SEND Team members and in liaison with other departments.
• To liaise and work closely with the Admissions Team to ensure the allocation of places including phased transfers are carried out in accordance with Plymouth Authority’s Admissions Policy.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5 GCSEs Grade A-C (9-4) or above including Maths and English OR NVQ III in Business
  Administration.
• Experience of using IT systems and Microsoft office – e.g. collating and presenting statistical information.
• Reasonable experience in an administrative and confidential environment.
• Reasonable experience in an office environment.
• Experience of working under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Experience of working effectively as part of a team.
• Experience of using and maintaining a complex database.
• Experience of advising and supporting others in the use of administrative procedures, protocols and policies.
• Highly developed organisational skills, ability to work independently and unsupervised to tight timescales using own initiative and whilst managing conflicting priorities.
• Judgment skills, develop solutions to straightforward problems and to follow up on problems e.g. missing documents and/or contradicting information on received documents.

If you are interested in this role, please call 020 3641 9193 for further details or email your CV to apply@instajobsuk.com