SEND Casework Team Lead

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Job Title: SEND Casework Team Leads
Location:  Main base - Stevenage or Hemel Hempstead

Diversity: We are an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce

Things are changing in SEND for Hertfordshire County Council. We are making SEND everyone's business.

Do you want to make a positive impact and be part of that change? We’re investing in our statutory SEND workforce.

What does the role involve?
We are recruiting for Casework Team Leaders to oversee EHC Coordinators, who are responsible for Education, Health, and Care Annual Reviews, for school age children.

The team focuses on coordinating professionals across education, health and care and coproducing plans and provision with families of school age children.

You’ll support your team to coproduce Education Health and Care plans in a person-centred way, maintaining excellent communication and quality standards. You’ll keep an eye on the data and performance of the team, ensuring that we meet our statutory timescales.

You’ll provide line management and supervision to the team, ensuring that every member of the team delivers our statutory SEND obligations and works to achieve the overall service targets and development plan. You’ll support ongoing professional development, including induction, delivering training, and performance management processes for your team.

You will strive to maintain, develop and improve professional, supportive working relationships with education settings and parents in relation to EHC assessments and plans.

We are looking for you to have: 

Excellent knowledge of experience of the Children and Families Act 2014, SEND Code of Practice and SEND Regulations 2014.

Experience of managing staff and delivering excellent service outcomes in a previous role is strongly desirable

Current driving license and access to a car to be able to travel to a range of work bases and schools and this role does require you to be in one of our offices regularly and some countywide travel.

Educated to degree level or have significant experience of a range of work within education.

Experience of working well under pressure and being extremely well organised

If you have an unrelenting drive to ensure excellent outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities, and you can motivate and manage a team to achieve this – this may be your perfect role!

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Interview date :23rd July 2024

Benefits of working for us: • Flexible Working Arrangements (depending on the role)
• Excellent Career Development
• Salary Exchange for Additional Benefits
• Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions
• Shopping Discounts
• Support Groups & Wellbeing Schemes

Disability Confident:  We are proud to be a and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency:  The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). 

Safeguarding:  Safeguarding children and adults is of utmost importance to Hertfordshire County Council. The Council requires employees to abide by legislation and best practice to enable Hertfordshire to achieve this. This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.