Specialist Provision Officer

Job Description

Specialist Provision Officer 
Are you a passionate Specialist Provision Officer looking for your next role? 4Recruitment Services are currently recruiting for a Specialist Provision Officer to work in a Children and Family Service, Ipswich.
Pay Rates: £20 per hour
Information the Role: Successful candidates will be offered 37 Hours a week. Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm, Hybrid (2 days in the office, 3 days from home)
  
What you will be doing:

• Responsible for the development and delivery of the SEND Sufficiency Plan to improve the local offer and outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
• Once learners are placed within specialist provision, this service will ensure that commissioned providers effectively deliver outcomes for learners and take action where standards fall below our expectations.
• Ensure the safety, well-being and learning of children and young people.
• Ensure pupils with SEND make good progress.
• To identify risk and safeguarding concerns and escalate immediately where appropriate.
• Ensure that support is in place for the Specialist Provision Managers to ensure sound operational delivery of commissioning activity.
• Support to ensure appropriate contracts are in place.
• Take responsibility for issuing and administration of individual placement contracts working alongside the Specialist Placement Co-ordinator.
• Assist Specialist Provision Managers with the management of the contract budget and use robust systems to monitor against actual expenditure.
• Support the regular review and performance monitoring of providers, delivering administrative support to arrange and manage meetings.

Essential Requirements:

• Suitable qualification at Level 4 or equivalent experience or evidence of skills in relevant area of work.
• Knowledge of current children and young people’s disability services and structures available locally.
• Experience or knowledge of special educational needs provision including alternative provision.
• Understanding of the SEND reforms (2014) and Local Authority responsibilities in delivering the ‘Local Offer’

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.
To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact out Team on 02085 3149137 or email miaj@4recruitmentservices.com