SENDIASS Officer
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: 34350-37950 per annum
Working Hours:37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 4th July 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
Leicestershire Sendiass provides Leicestershire County Councils statutory information and advice service. Sendiass provides impartial free and confidential information and advice to parents carers and young people regarding SEND.
We are looking to recruit a Sendiass Officer to join our small team.
Working as a Sendiass officer involves providing legal advice on all matters relating to special educational needs. You will empower parents carers and young people to self advocate by understanding their rights.
You will have a good knowledge of special educational needs and of the Send Code of Practice.
You will have experience of providing both written and verbal information advice and support to a variety of people.
Your work will involve covering our very busy helpline answering duty emails and attending school meetings. You will also provide case work for families and support parents to attending mediation meetings and tribunal hearings. We also attend outreach events such as Leicestershires Local Offer Roadshows
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
- Have excellent presentation written and verbal communication skills good interpersonal skills and good organisational skills with the ability to work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative (including working from home).
- Hold a level 4 qualification and be willing to undertake IPSEA legal training.
- An ability to provide information and advice to parents carers and young people asking the right questions to get the information required.
- Be able to work with parents and professionals having a child centred approach.
- Be able to provide professional challenge to both schools and parents.
- Experience of accurately capturing storing and retrieving information in line with confidentiality and data protection.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Hannah Patani
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Employee Service Centre by raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
