SEND Casework Practitioner

Employer

Wokingham Borough Council

£40,778 - £45,092 Per Annum

Wokingham

Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a SEND Casework Practitioner to join our SEND team on a permanent, full time basis. As a SEND Casework Practitioner you will develop and maintain Education Health and Care Plans from initial application and assessment through to the annual review. You will work with families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in a highly person‑centred relational approach, coordinating service provision across education, health and care to ensure holistic delivery of plans for individual children and families.

In the past 18 months our SEND system has been strengthened and transformed to better meet children’s needs. We continually invest in capacity, training and career development opportunities, promoting stronger partnership working with families and children. We have already recruited new Officers and it is an excellent time to join us.

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days (rising to 35 after 5 years)
• Excellent local government pension scheme
• Employee assistance programme with 24/7 wellbeing helpline
• Local & lifestyle discounts
• Free onsite gym (Shute End office)
• Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
• And much more

• Improvement of the SEND Service for pupils and families, promoting the Local Authority’s values and collaborating with the rest of the SEND Service.
• Work collaboratively with families, schools and key partner agencies to ensure appropriate provision for individual children and young people with SEND.
• Engage with educational settings and relevant practitioners to support, advise and monitor the local offer, working with schools on individual cases as needed.
• Manage a case load of children and young people with SEND; act as a key point of contact, engaging with families, children, schools, colleges and partners where statutory assessment requests have been made or circumstances have changed.
• Prioritise statutory processes for vulnerable children and young people, ensuring appropriate provision is identified without delays.

• Understanding of SEN legislation and procedures, including Children’s Act, Code of Practice, DDA and more.
• Experience working with children and/or families with SEN.
• Experience managing complex casework requiring mediation or conflict resolution in an educational environment.
• Ability to write detailed and complex reports independently using information from internal and external colleagues.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and database systems.
• Willingness to travel to various locations within the borough to develop relations with educational settings and attend training to key stakeholders.

If you’re interested in this exciting opportunity, apply online via the council’s application portal. We do not accept CVs without a fully completed online application form.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.