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SEND Case Officer x2 (PRE & PFA)

Posting date:	21 March 2025
Salary:	£218.38 per day
Additional salary information:	per day PAYE
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	19 April 2025
Location:	Reigate, RH2 8EF
Company:	Triumph Consultants Ltd
Job type:	Temporary
Job reference:	Surrey 108282

Summary

What's involved with this role:

Temporary SEND Case Officer x2 (PRE & PFA)

Ref number: Surrey 108282

Based in NE - TBC

Please do not apply for this role unless your CV meets the following general requirements, as well as the more specific ones listed further down the ad:

You must be UK based and have the right to work in the UK.
Your commute to the place of work must be less than 1 hour.
This is a temporary role. Please do not apply if you are seeking a permanent position.



Skills & Experience required:

Educated to A level minimum / equivalent training / experience of SEN knowledge and experience, namely Code of Practice and Children and Families Act 14.
Good knowledge of Surrey’s SEND policy and practice, national guidance and legislation.
Good knowledge of educational settings and a willingness to develop this across the 0-25 age range.
Demonstrable experience of working in a collaborative way with children/young people and parents to ensure families views are heard and applied.
Significant experience of working with vulnerable children/young people, especially those with SEND
Excellent team working skills
Ability to take ownership for writing and maintaining the EHC, and to present to partnership resource allocation forums as and when required.



What's involved with this role: As a SEND Case Officer (PRE & PFA), you will develop, review, and maintain EHC plans for children and young people with SEND, with a focus on both Preparation for Adulthood (PFA) and Preparing for Education (PRE). Your role will involve early transition planning for key areas such as education, employment, independent living, and community participation.

You will work closely with families, schools, and key agencies to create person-centred support plans, ensuring coordinated services across education, health, and care. Your work will focus on high-quality planning, assessments, and reviews, emphasizing PFA and PRE transition planning throughout each individual's journey.

Key duties:

Identify risks and opportunities related to PRE and PFA transitions, escalating to management and managing risks to support successful transitions into adulthood.
Contribute to service monitoring and review, ensuring PRE and PFA outcomes are integrated into service improvements for young people transitioning to adulthood.
Provide advice and recommendations within policy to support decision-making, focusing on PRE and PFA plans for education, employment, independent living, and community involvement.
Manage complex cases and care planning with a focus on PRE and PFA transition support, leading development and improvement projects to enhance transition services.
Build strong relationships with internal teams and partner agencies, ensuring effective coordination of PRE and PFA services and collaborative decision-making with service users, families, and carers.


Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.


Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV.

Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
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Job Ref: Surrey 108282


Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.

We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.

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Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.