SEND Officer
Team: SEND – EHC Team
Job Family: Providing – CBG8
Salary: £31,022 – £33,851 per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 hours per week (3 posts available) and 22.2 hours per week (1 post available)
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.
Contract Type: Hybrid – Permanent
Closing Date: 29th March 2026
Interview Date: TBC
About the Role
At Central Bedfordshire Council we want to make a genuine difference for children and families, which is why we are investing in our SEND service.
We currently have vacancies for SEND Officers who will work closely with our Senior SEND Officers to ensure oversight, effective management of case loads, annual reviews and amendments. We are currently recruiting to 3x full-time (37 hour) and 1x part-time (22.2 hour) positions within the service.
Main duties of our SEND Officers include:
- Management of the monitoring and review of existing EHCPS; including amending and issuing EHCPs following a review and attending review meetings in complex cases.
- Oversight of the phase transfer process for pupils commencing the next stage of education.
- Ensuring accurate data and record keeping.
- Providing advice to schools, parents and professionals regarding statutory processes.
- Providing training regarding statutory processes for professionals and parents.
- Consulting with schools and supporting school admissions for pupils with an EHCP.
- Attending meetings and Local Authority Panels as required.
- Representing the SEND team as part of the wider Children’s Services Team.
As a SEND Officer you will have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain positive relationships with colleagues, families and professionals. You will be a champion of inclusion, a problem solver and be able to make fair informed decisions from evidence based assessments. It is essential that you have excellent organisational skills, an eye for the detail, and ability to prioritise work to meet legal timelines. Ideally, you will have worked as a SEND officer previously and have knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice 2015 and the Children & Families Act 2014.
If you want to be part of a Team that values your contribution and puts children and families at the heart of everything they do, this role is for you.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Linda Orr, Head of the EHC Team at linda.orr@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council’s policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free monthly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.
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