Job Description Job Qualification Form The Basics Company: AFC Contact name, title & number: Chike Nnalue – AD SEND - 07538102518 Catherine Marks – SEND HOS - 07971363257 Vacancy job title: SEND Quality Assurance Day rates / Salary / benefits: DOE – would like to review market rates He has overspent his budget already, so technically does not have a set budget he can work to. Keen to review profiles. Framework Vs Direct rates/ budget sign off: Framework - Matrix Happy to work directly, but will need to go through Matrix Length of contract: Budget sign off for full duration Sign off till New Year. Depends what will happen to the perm appointment who is due to start around Christmas. Location: Is remote working an option?? Start date & IT Equipment Hybrid – will have an expectation to be on site 1 days per week, but 2 ideally. Not fixed days so can be flex on this. In your absence who would be the secondary point of contact/decision maker in the recruitment process: ( Name, job title, contact number/e-mail) Send CVs to both Chike and Catherine. The person will report to Catherine who reports to Chike, but Catherine is on leave for 2 weeks and then Chike goes on leave after. Reason for hiring: What impact will this person have on the community and to your organisation? Work load is too high for Helen Mayne and Mariana. Helen is signed off at present, but even if she was in work, they need someone due to the workload. Perm person starting around Xmas so needs someone in by September. Direct Line Manager, Name, job title, contact number: ( Ensure you also qualify the role with the direct line manager if you aren’t already) Day to day will be reporting to Catherine Marks. Working alongside Helen and Mariana. Exclusivity: Yes Need Essential / Desirable Skills and Experience (any flexibility?) Must be able to work on site Min 1 day ideally 2 days per week. Needs to be able to start in September Must be able to hit the ground running. Day to Day Responsibilities (Operational or Strategic) – Who do they report into? Will be leading person within the LA dealing with Corporate Complaints Reviewing the LA with their Statutory Regulations and implementing ang potential improvement and changes Will be leading the training within the EHCP team Full oversight on SEND Quality Assurances 3 Most Important Things (skills / attributes/ qualifications you can’t compromise on) Prior experience of SEND QA work within LAs Full understanding of SEND Statutory regulations Experience of corporate complaints How long have you been looking? (What is the impact of not hiring? why do you believe you’ve been unsuccessful so far? what skills were missing from previous applicants? Do you have any internal options?) This is a new role they are looking for. Only on the 5 th August they made an offer for someone on a permanent basis. The person has 3 months notice and will be looking to hand this in once they have come back from their annual leave. Mentioned anything can happen so they want the person for 4 months (Sept-Dec) on an initial basis. Candidate Background (Previous job titles/ sector experience/ Qualifications) SEND QA London based would be perfect, but would look at people who are further afield – providing they can work 1-2 days on site. DNA 5 – Confirm you have the following Budget (enough for duration of contract, contract length, framework Vs direct) AFC have overspent their budget so there is no budget in place for the person, but this has been signed off. Have mentioned people can range anywhere from £450-£550pd. Sign off till Xmas Full qualification/understanding of the Role (inc. why, start date, MIT’s, requested exclusivity etc.) Yes Interview slots (booked in verbally over the phone and confirmed in ROE) Will look to interview ASAP. In a perfect world, he would like to have interviewed someone whilst Catherine is off, she is back to work on the 19 th August. Mentioned there will be a 24hr turnaround on CVs Follow up call scheduled (with DL/mobile & virtual meeting proposed) Happy for me to call him and chase him 24hrs after CV submission. ROE email returned (confirmed by client with SDS/IR35 status) ROE to be sent. Happy to deal directly, then put through on Matrix after. Company Information Team split/size/structure/culture They will be working alongside Helen Mayne (when she is back in work) and Marianna. All three will report to Catherin Marks. Under the trio though, they have 4 team Manager and then 4 Senior Officers and then the EHCP team beyond that. Projects (relevant current and future they may need to have involvement with) Will be delivering SEND training on any regulations and changes that are implemented.