This team’s responsibility is to assess all new transport and recommend appropriate transport solutions. To support developments in the commissioning and provision of SEN Transport for children and young people with complex SEN. To provide advice on travel options to individual children and young people, and their families, and to advise and train commissioners and providers on best practice in terms of travel options. Under the leadership of the SEN Travel Manager, support a range of development activities intended to inform improvements in operational aspects of home to school transport for children and young people with an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP), their experience of travel to school and contribute to the development and implementation of a coordinated plan for broadening approaches to independent travel training across the county. What you will be doing: The post holder will work with children and young people, parents and carers, the SEN Team, colleagues within Dorset Travel, schools, colleges and other services, within the parameters of statutory requirements and supporting the aims and actions within the corporate transport action plan. To provide travel support and advice to children and young people with EHCP and their families in order to ensure that they access the most appropriate travel options. To contribute to the development of approaches within the SEN Transport Plan. Liaise with Dorset Travel, schools and transport providers to research past and current work on independent travel training and similar projects. Liaise with the SEN Team, schools as appropriate and educational psychologists to identify individual young people with SEN who would benefit from individual travel training, against individual plans and targets. To contribute to the setting up, progressing, evaluating and reporting for specific SEN transport projects where travel advice will be a key element. To provide data on transport patterns in relation to specific transport projects. Responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. To carry out risk assessments where deemed necessary. Responsible for ensuring data quality and as such the integrity of management information through the proper use and safekeeping of data and record systems. Further Information This is a full time role at 37 hours per week. This role is fixed term until end of October 2026. This post requires you to have access to sensitive information. It will be subject to a Basic Criminal Records Check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders. See our policy on safeguarding children and young people. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role. We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments. We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant. About Us We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception. At Dorset Council we: provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents have ambitious aspirations are excited about our future care about Dorset and all the people who live here know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will: have access to a range of employee benefits be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role. We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments. We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn. This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. 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