Assistant SEND Allocation Officer

Duration: Initially 6 months
Hours: 37 hours a week
Rate: £21 umbrella an hour
Location: Bournemouth

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council are looking for an Assistant SEND Placement Officer to join their Special Educational Needs Team. As an Assistant SEND Placement Officer you will:

• Produce half termly report (from data from HNS and synergy) of provisions with funding due to end
• Work alongside the SEND Case Officers to ensure that funding for any provisions that need to continue is on synergy and approved prior to provider continuing
• Produce termly report of school placements with funding due to end
• Support Access to Resources Team with working through the queries, meet with the team once per week to go through the list
• Track patterns to understand issues and create potential pro-active solutions
• Meet with schools who have high number of queries to resolve as a bulk
• Work through High Needs Checks
• Run weekly report on current EHCP's to ensure all pupils have a current placement

Requirements:

• Experience within a similar role
• Educated to GCSE Level A-C in English and Maths (or equivalent)
• Knowledge and understanding of Special Educational Needs