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SEND Lead Worker - Wiltshire Council
Job Posted: a day ago
Salary: £ 223 - 293 / Day
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Wilton, Wiltshire
Expire in: a month
Job Description
SEND Lead Worker
Pay rate - £223 (PAYE) / £293 (Umbrella/LTD) per day
Wiltshire Council
To act as the key point of contact for the young person and family, and to coordinate any activities that are required to assess needs, meet any outcomes specified, and ensure the provision of holistic care and support. There will be a requirement to coordinate the Education, Health and Care Needs assessment process, working with the child, young person and their families to identify outcomes and how these can be met. The SEND lead worker will be the person who liaises with other professionals to ensure that the child/young person and their family has an organised and coordinated approach in order to meet their outcomes.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
• Act as a single point of regular and consistent contact for children, young people with SEND and their families, when being supported with a ‘My Plan’.
• The SEND lead worker will work with colleagues to support inclusion in mainstream and universal settings.
• The SEND lead worker will ensure the appropriate arrangement of services and advice, support and guidance.
• To provide advice and support for settings/services and families on SEND related matters including when applying for statutory assessment for individual children.
• To work in close partnership with settings/services securing best outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
• To promote the early identification of children and young people with SEND additional needs.
• Co-ordinate practitioners and services around the child, young person and their family. A key role of the SEND lead worker will be to identify when specialist (Social workers, Educational Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, other professionals etc.) involvement is required, make the appropriate contacts and ensure effective liaison with the specialists. Arrange person centred Team Around the Child meetings (Multidisciplinary and/or multiagency) as required.
• Be proactive in promoting multi agency partnership working as best practice. To be instrumental in developing pathways for joint working- including Every Child matters and the National Service Framework.
• Co-ordinate and facilitate a joint Education, Health and Care Needs assessment process and single holistic person centred plan that focuses on the child or young person’s educational, health and social care needs in line with the Education Act 2011 and when appropriate the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 and other legislation and organisational policy and reviews.
• Ensure that each need identified in the assessment is matched to an outcome in the plan. The plan will be agreed with young people and their families.
• Responsible for drafting and finalising single plans, including those with statutory protections. Ensure that the plan is reviewed as agreed.
Benefits of working for Hoop:
* 20 years’ experience of the Social Work market
* Your local agency based in Cardiff
* Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in welsh throughout your job search
* PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!
* Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
* Twice weekly payroll
* Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
* Provides free on-site quarterly training sessions (Contributes CPD)
* Refer a friend scheme available
* Loyalty Bonus to QSW's
* Wellbeing sessions
To apply for this role, you will need to hold -
* A relevant Social Work Qualification
* Registration with Social Care Wales
* Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
* 3 Years of referencing
* Driving license with access to a car
Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.
Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on (phone number removed) if you want to find out moreBefore You Apply
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