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SEN Officer
Location: Halifax Yorkshire
Rate: £400 per day
Details:
SEN Tribunal Officer to work on tribunal cases including representing the LA at appeals
Responsibilities
• To take the lead on complex casework, providing effective mediation, drawing on strong negotiation and influencing skills across a range of complex SEN issues between parents, schools and multi-disciplinary practitioners.
• To be a source of expert advice to the Council and SEN officers on all aspects of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST).
• To attend resolution meetings with parents and other professionals to settle disputed issues without the need for formal legal redress wherever possible. This will include responsibility for negotiating changes to the EHC plans using tact and diplomacy through working with families experiencing emotional turmoil.
• To ensure mediation and problem resolution is an active feature at an early stage in caseworkers’ engagement with families to reduce tribunal numbers.
• To ensure that the computerised database information is accurate and up to date at all times and that action is undertaken as required to ensure production of accurate and timely information.
• To represent the Local Authority at the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal and defend appropriateness of the proposed service provision for an individual child/young person
• To provide key leadership in case management of SEN appeal related cases to ensure that the Council discharges its responsibilities effectively in relation to statutory appeals to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)
• To develop practice across the SEN team to reduce the Local Authority’s exposure to risk of appeals to Tribunals, complaints, litigation and judicial review/complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman.
• To work directly with parents, schools, parental appointed legal representatives and other professional bodies within the statutory and legal framework related to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal process.
Office Use: 000A 111E / 1
For more information please contact Carly on 01282 525510 or carlyanne@ashberryrecruitment.com