What's involved with this role: Temporary Annual Review Officer – SEND Team Job Ref: Gateshead 1004887314994234 Pay Rate: £14.17 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours Role Length: This opening assignment is for 2-3 months City: Gateshead Proven minute taking skills and experience are essential for this role. The purpose of the role is to provide efficient and effective administration for the SEND Team including offering appropriate support and guidance to parents, schools and other professionals. This will include overseeing the annual review process to ensure effective and timely delivery of the amended Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). Key Responsibilities: Collate information to assist in the production of reports to support the monitoring of SEND funding within education, health and social care and to advise and support schools in the use of costed provision mapping. Support the work of the SEND Service by collating agendas and taking minutes of meetings. Assist the management of the team to ensure performance indicators are met for the Service through the preparation of statistical and other reports. Co-ordinate the attendance of relevant professionals at SEND Review meetings, ensuring that all necessary documentation is distributed prior to review meeting. Attend Annual Review/ Action Planning meetings as representative of the SEND Service, where appropriate. Act as case officer for amending Education, Health and Care Plans which may include undertaking home visits to discuss plans with the parent/young person Establish and administer the processes and systems associated with the SEND Team ensuring that appropriate records are maintained, through use of Agresso, EMIS, Civica and Mosaic. Laise with schools, care providers and other LA services to collate data to assist the work of the SEND Monitoring and Quality Assurance Team and to ensure that relevant education and care packages have been provided. Offer training/development to administrative staff within the Team and also to school staff in relation to the annual review process. Be the main point of contact for young people/parents/carers and co-ordinate the SEND annual review process within the statutory timescales. NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. 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. Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items: Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service. Qualifications: A minimum of 5 GCSE’s grades A-C, or equivalent including Mathematics and English. NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent. Skills & Experience: Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation. Able to organise workload, prioritise competing demands and work to deadlines. Taking minutes experience. Experience liaising with school and other professional staff. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite). S Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please