SEND Assessment Coordinator

The Service & Team:

The Statutory SEN Service sits within the Inclusion and SEND Service which provides a wide range of support to families in Cornwall. 

SEND Assessment Coordinators are key members of Cornwall’s Statutory SEN Service. This team of people coordinate key processes around the assessment of children and young people's complex special educational needs. This includes working with education, health and care colleagues as part of Cornwall Council's SEND and Inclusion Team. There are over 5000 children and young people from 0-25 years of age in Cornwall who have EHC plans. 

The Role:

SEND Assessment Coordinators are responsible for processing the requests for Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments made by families and professionals, in line with the SEND Code of Practice. This involves:  

Receiving and logging assessment requests. 

• Preparing information for the SEN Panel. 
• Attending the SEN panel to provide support to the panel members. 
• Communicating decisions to parents, schools and other professionals. 
• Liaising with multi-agency professionals to gather reports and information about children and young people to inform the EHC needs assessment. 
• Coordinating and driving timely assessments in line with the 20 week statutory time frame for completion. 

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.                  

This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check. 

Working Pattern:

We currently have two fixed term, full time positions available within our team.  

This is a full time hybrid role which involves a combination of working at New County Hall in Truro, and if you choose, some home working. The working hours are between 8.45 and 17.15, Monday to Friday. 

What you’ll need to succeed:

We would love to hear from you if: 

• You want to make a difference for children and families in Cornwall.  
• You are a ‘people person’ who also understands the importance of legislation and processes and is happy using computer systems.  
• You are able to manage your own work load and work relatively independently, as well as within a team. 
• You are an organised person with attention to detail and can record accurately. 
• You are able to work with a range of professionals including schools, health and social care colleagues. 
• You are flexible and can respond to changing demands and are willing to support other areas of the service when needed. 

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here 

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Louise Gore.  louise.gore@cornwall.gov.uk 

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.